Allegedly, the unfortunate girl drowned in the pool during the ship’s sailing days and reputedly refused to move on, as her voice, as well as the sounds of laughter have been captured here. In the second class poolroom, the spirit of another little girl named Jackie is often been seen and heard. Some have also spied the spirit of a young girl, clutching her teddy bear. Others have reported the sounds of splashing and spied wet footprints leading from the deck to the changing rooms. In the first-class swimming pool, which has been closed for more than three decades, women have often been seen appearing in 1930’s style swimming suits wandering the decks near the pool. Though neither are utilized today for their original purpose, spirits seemingly are not aware of that. Two more popular spots for the Queen’s other worldly guests are its first and second class swimming pools. In the area of this heavy door in the Engine Room, we got some very creepy feelings, Dressed in blue coveralls and sporting a beard, the young man has often been spied walking the length of Shaft Alley before disappearing by door #13. The most recent death, during a routine watertight door drill in 1966, crushed an 18-year-old crew member. Used in the filming of the Poseidon Adventure, the room’s infamous “Door 13” crushed at least two men to death, at different points during the ship’s history. Located 50 feet below water level is the Queen Mary’s engine room, which is said to be a hotbed of paranormal activity. Over the past 60 years, the Queen Mary has been the site of at least 49 reported deaths, not to mention having gone through the terrors of war, so it comes as no surprise that spectral spirits of her vivid past continue to walk within her rooms and hallways. In fact, some say the Queen Mary is one of the most haunted places in the world with as many as 150 known spirits lurking upon the ship. It has also attracted a number of unearthly guests over the years. Internationally recognized, the historic floating hotel and museum attracts thousands of visitors every year. The decks on the Queen Mary still sport their original wood flooring, Kathy Weiser-Alexander. After 1,001 successful Atlantic crossings, she was permanently docked and soon became the luxury hotel that she is today. On December 9, 1967, she made her final voyage to Long Beach. That same year, the Queen Mary was sold for $3.45 million to the city of Long Beach, California, for use as a maritime museum and hotel. In 1967, she was withdrawn from service after more than 1,000 transatlantic crossings. However, without central air conditioning, outdoor pools, or other amenities now commonplace on cruise ships, she proved ill-suited for the work.
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In 1963, the ship began a series of occasional cruises, first to the Canary Islands and later to the Bahamas. However, by the early 1960’s, transatlantic cruises were falling out of fashion, due to air travel becoming affordable for the masses. Its duty to the war complete, the Queen Mary was refurbished and resumed her elegant cruises in July, 1947, maintaining weekly service between Southampton, Cherbourg, and New York. Known as the “Bride and Baby Voyages,” she made 13 voyages for this purpose in 1946. She had also survived a collision at sea, set the record for carrying the most people ever on a floating vessel (16,683), and participated in the D-Day invasion.ĭuring her service in the war, the Queen Mary was painted a drab grey, hence her nickname, the “Grey Ghost.”Īt the close of the war the ship began to transport more than 22,000 war brides and their children to the United States and Canada. By the end of World War II, the ship had carried more than 800,000 troops, traveled more than 600,000 miles and played a significant role in virtually every major Allied campaign. Considered by the upper-class to be the only civilized way to travel, she held the record for the fastest-ever North Atlantic crossing.īut, when World War II broke out in 1939, luxury travel immediately ceased and the ship was transformed into a troopship that would become known as “The Grey Ghost.” During this time her capacity was increased from 2,410 to 5,500. The Depression held up her construction between 19, but she was finally completed, making her maiden voyage on May 27, 1936.įor three years the grand ocean liner hosted the world’s rich and famous across the Atlantic including the likes of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, David Niven, Mary Pickford, George and Ira Gershwin, and Sir Winston Churchill, just to name a few. The 1,000-foot ship began her life when the first keel plate was laid in 1930 at the John Brown shipyard in Clyde, Scotland. Resting in Long Beach Harbor is the RMS Queen Mary, a colossal ship that was bigger, faster and more powerful than the Titanic.