The luxury liner RMS Queen Mary is pictured in New York Harbor on June 20, 1945. Although her maiden voyage was in 1936, the ship was fitted with anti-aircraft guns and used as a military transport vessel during World War II from 1940 to 1944.
After the Queen Mary's retirement in 1967, the city of Long Beach, California purchased the ship and opened it to the public in 1971 as a hotel, restaurant, & museum exhibit.
