Nearly six decades after arriving in Southern California, the RMS Queen Mary remains permanently berthed in Long Beach as a hotel, attraction, and preserved ocean liner. These views from November 1, 2025, show the historic former Cunard liner during the final weekend of the Queen Mary’s fall Dark Harbor season.

Nearly sixty years after her final voyage, the RMS Queen Mary remains one of the most recognizable ships in Long Beach. These views from May 30, 2026, show the former Cunard liner at her permanent berth, where she has been preserved since arriving in Southern California in 1967.

RMS Queen Mary is seen from across Long Beach Harbor on June 25, 2026. Permanently moored in Long Beach since 1967, the former Cunard liner remains one of the most significant surviving passenger ships of the twentieth century and an enduring part of the city’s waterfront.

A July 18, 2025 visit to the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach offered another opportunity to revisit the former Cunard liner and her art deco surroundings. Permanently moored in Southern California since 1967, she preserves a connection to the era of express Atlantic crossings and the wartime service that earned her the nickname “Grey Ghost.”

This collection preserves the story of my friend, jazz musician Alan Rowe, through the original tickets, daily programs, menus and other memorabilia he saved from his September 10–15, 1964 transatlantic crossing aboard RMS Queen Mary (Cunard). Traveling Tourist Class from Southampton to New York, Alan was on his way to the United States after receiving a full scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston.

RMS Queen Mary is one of the most celebrated ocean liners of the twentieth century and an enduring symbol of the golden age of transatlantic travel. Built for Cunard White Star and entering service in 1936, she competed for the Blue Riband, served as a vital Allied troopship during World War II, and carried passengers across the North Atlantic for more than three decades. Since completing her final voyage in 1967, Queen Mary has been permanently preserved in Long Beach, California.