What is RMS Queen Mary?
{{DISPLAYTITLE:RMS ''Queen Mary''}} {|{{Infobox ship begin |infobox caption=yes}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=RMS Queen Mary Long Beach January 2011 view.jpg |Ship caption=The ship’s final port in Long Beach, California }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship flag=[[File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px]][[File:Flag_of_Long_Beach,_California.png|60px|right]] |Ship name= ''Queen Mary'' |Ship namesake=[[Mary of Teck]], consort of [[George V]] |Ship owner=*1936–49: [[Cunard-White Star Line|Cunard White Star Line]] *1949–67: [[Cunard Line]] *1967–present: City of Long Beach |Ship route=Southampton, New York, via Cherbourg (normal transatlantic voyage East and West bound) |Ship ordered=3 April 1929 |Ship builder=*[[John Brown and Company]] *[[Clydebank]], Scotland |Ship yard number=534 |Ship laid down=1 December 1930 |Ship launched=26 September 1934 |Ship sponsor=Queen Mary |Ship christened=26 September 1934 |Ship maiden voyage= 27 May 1936 |Ship identification=*{{IMO Number|5287938}} *Radio Callsign: GBTT |Ship out of service=9 December 1967 (retired) |Ship registry=Liverpool |Ship status=[[Museum ship]] }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship type=[[Ocean liner]] |Ship tonnage= *{{GRT|80,774}} (1936) *{{GRT|81,237}} (1947) |Ship displacement=77,400 [[Long ton|long tons]] |Ship length=*{{convert|1019.4|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|LOA]] *{{convert|1004|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} [[Waterline length|LWL]] *{{convert|965|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} [[Length between perpendiculars|LBP]] |Ship beam={{convert|118|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship height={{convert|181|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|38|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship decks=12 |Ship power=24 × [[Water-tube boiler#Yarrow|Yarrow]] boilers |Ship propulsion=*4 × [[C. A. Parsons and Company|Parsons]] single-reduction geared steam turbines *4 shafts, {{convert|200,000|shp|abbr=on}}<ref>Watton, p.10.</ref> |Ship speed=*{{cvt|28.5|kn}} (service) *{{cvt|32.84|kn}} (achieved on speed trials) |Ship capacity=2,139 passengers: 776 first (cabin) class, 784 cabin class