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Wednesday, March 18. 2009

Lost Liners


Photo: 1st Class stateroom, Queen Mary.


I remember, as a lad, passing the Queen Mary in mid-Atlantic on a clear day. Built in 1934, she was an old lady by that time. Yes, she did blow her 1-ton whistles. She sits in Long Beach, CA today.


They don't make em like they usta.


The website Lost Liners has it all. (h/t, Theo)

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Cunard held an auction of ship's furnishings soon after Queen Mary tied up in Long Beach for the last time. My Dad got a teak deck chair, which I now have.

I remember when I was six or seven, being taken to see off some friends of my Dad's - a couple cruising to Hawaii on one of the Matson ships. They had a bon voyage party in their stateroom. Pretty exciting stuff for a little kid.
#1 Skookumchuk on 2009-03-18 13:18 (Reply)
cool! thanks. i think this might have sparked a new area of interest for me. always fun when that happens!
#2 kab on 2009-03-18 17:39 (Reply)
Toured the Queen Elizabeth when she was retired in Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale) when I was in grade school. Larger sister to the QM. I don't think she was as well cared for at the time, as I recall it being very rusty and musty. I think she was declared a fire hazard and eventually burned and sank in Tokyo or Hong Kong or somwhere in Asia. I was more interested in the submarines docked near by. I do remember being impressed by the huge propeller that they had hauled up on the deck, though.
#3 KRW on 2009-03-18 20:22 (Reply)
The Matson ships were something else:

http://www.lastoceanliners.com/cgi/lolline.pl?MAT

With great dinner menus, too:

http://www.oceanliner.com/matmen.htm
#4 Skookumchuk on 2009-03-18 21:11 (Reply)
Yes, well... as an apparently permanent member of the bilge and steerage class, y'all may choke on your liners. Ha-ruuuu-mphhfff to all y'all is what I say.
#5 Knucklehead (Link) on 2009-03-18 21:39 (Reply)
My wife & I were married by the "Captain" on the Queen Marry in 82'.
We were poor twenty somethings, and couldn't afford the $150 they were asking for a video of the ceremony, wish we could have gotten it.
#6 Jim Harris on 2009-03-19 05:25 (Reply)
oops, typo above, "Queen Mary"
#7 Jim Harris on 2009-03-19 05:27 (Reply)

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