Now permanently moored in Long Beach, CA, and serves as a hotel and restaurants, what famed Cunard liner first sailed on May 27, 1937 and was retired in 1967?
Long Beach, California deco design and for its use during World War II as a troop transport. It was purchased by the City of Long Beach in 1967 for conversion to a hotel and maritime museum. The nonprofit Aquarium of the Pacific is located on a site on Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, across the water from the Long Beach Convention Center, Shoreline Village, and the Queen Mary Hotel and Attraction. The aquarium features a collection of over 12,500 animals representing over 550 different species. The facility focuses on the Pacific Ocean in three major permanent galleries, sunny Southern California and Baja, the
Long Beach, California attracting over 125,000 participants over the two-day celebration. It is the third largest Gay Pride Parade in the United States. The Long Beach Sea Festival is held during the summer months (June through August). It features events centered on the ocean and the beach. These events include beach volleyball, movies on the beach, and a tiki festival. The RMS "Queen Mary" is a 1936 Art Deco ocean liner permanently docked at Long Beach. Roughly longer than the RMS "Titanic", the former Cunard Liner is famous for being the fastest in the world from 1936 to 1952, for its distinctive art