RMS Queen Mary

The Queen Mary in Long Beach

Since her retirement in 1967, the Queen Mary has been permanently docked at Long Beach, California on the west coast of the United States. Accompanied for many years by Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, the ship now serves as a hotel, museum, and tourist attraction. There are also several restaurants on the Queen Mary, and is especially well-known for the Sunday brunch.

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Long Beach, California - United States - Spruce Goose - Hotel - Museum - Tourist attraction

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The Queen Mary is also said to have ghosts on board. Many areas are said to be haunted. People report hearing little children crying in the nursery room and a mysterious splash noise in the drained first class swimming pool. In 1966, 18 year old fireman John Pedder was crushed by a watertight door in the engine room during a drill, and his ghost is said to haunt this area.

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Ghosts - Swimming pool

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The Queen Mary's original wireless radio room has now been converted to a powerful ham radio facility broadcasting at the call sign W6RO ("Whiskey 6 Romeo Oscar"). Volunteers from a local ham radio club are there most of the time, and the radios can also be used by other licenced ham operators. http://www.aralb.org http://www.gazettes.com/radio06232005.html

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Wireless - Ham radio

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