1929-1936 1936-1943 1943-1966 1967-1980 1983-1997 Queen Mary Statistics Titanic vs. Queen Mary

Queen Mary History: 1967 - 1980

• May 8, 1967: Queens' captains open orders telling them of the decision to sell the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.

• May 25, 1967: First meeting between Lord Mancroft and Long Beach, California representatives in New York.

• July 27, 1967: $ 3.45 million Long Beach bid accepted.

• September 22 - 27, 1967: Last eastbound transatlantic crossing. Voyage #513 east.

• September 29 - October 6, 1967: Cruise from Southampton to Las Palmas & Gibraltar. Voyage #514.

• October 13 - 19, 1967: Cruise from Southampton to Las Palmas. Voyage #515.

• October 31, 1967: Departed Southampton on Final Voyage to Long Beach, California. Voyage #516.

• December 9, 1967: Queen Mary arrives in Long Beach, California.

• December 11, 1967: Removed from British registry and officially turned over to the city of Long Beach. Ship also became fully dependent on shore side utilities.

• March 26, 1968 : Diners Club Inc. named master commercial lessee.

• April 6 - May 18, 1968: Dry docked at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard.

• April 26, 1969: Contract entered into with Smith-Amelco, of Compton, California

• July 1970: Diners/QM terminates participation in the project.

• February 27, 1971: Queen Mary moved to Pier J.

• April 1, 1971: Specialty Restaurants Corp. takes over as master lessee.

• May 8, 1971: Queen Mary Story and Power Train Tour, and Upper Decks opened, weekends only.

• December 11, 1971: Jacques Cousteau's "Living Sea" portion of Museum of the Sea (M.O.T.S.) opens.

• February 20, 1972: Largest day's attendance: 19,600

• November 2, 1972: First 150 hotel rooms opened.

• February 29, 1974: Hyatt Corporation takes over management of the hotel

• March 1974: Preview opening of Mary's Gate Village (now The Queen's Marketplace).

• October 1, 1976: Queen Mary Tours Inc. takes over operation of Museum of the Sea.

• September 1, 1980: Wrather Port Properties Ltd., a subsidiary of Wrather Corporation, signs a 66-year lease to manage the Queen Mary and adjoining acreage.