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The Queen Mary The RMS Queen Mary has been a permanent feature in Long Beach, California for a couple of decades and is one of the most famous cruise ships of all time. The ship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is permanently berthed in Long Beach, California serving as a museum ship and hotel and popular tourist attraction. It has also gained a reputation as one of the most haunted structures in the world.

The Queen Mary sailed her maiden voyage on May 27, 1936. Built in Scotland the liner was to be used as part of a two-ship express service from Southampton, to Cherbourg to New York. The Queen Mary is 1,000 feet long, and in her day was said to be bigger, faster and more powerful than the Titanic. She also held the record for the fastest North Atlantic crossing. The historic ocean liner's passengers included the most celebrated people of the time, including royalty, top entertainment figures and important world leaders.

The liner was used during World War II for transporting troops, it was nick named the Grey Ghost because of its colour and the way it sailed smoothly on water. After the war it returned to its original purpose as a cruise ship until its retirement in 1967.

During the war, tragedy struck the Queen Mary, a cruiser HMS Curacao met up with the liner 200 miles off the coast of Scotland to escort her into Greenock. During the night there was a collision between the two ships, the Queen Mary sliced the cruiser in two. The Queen Mary just carried on going, it was the policy not to stop and pick up survivors, it was considered too dangerous as the threat from U-Boats was always present. More than 300 soldiers had been on board HMS Curacao many survivors were left to drown or freeze to death. Visitors and guests have since reported hearing the banging on the side of the ship, of the lost souls of the 300 or more that died.

One of the ghosts that haunt the Queen Mary is that of a young crewman, named John Henry. John had lied about his age to secure work aboard the liner; he worked in engine room 13. John's life was cut short when he was crushed to death whilst trying to flee a fire in the engine room. To this day, knocks and bright lights can be heard and seen around engine room 13. It's even been reported that the door to the engine room is sometimes hot to touch; workers have reported hearing screams and smoke.

John Pedder was a fireman in 1966 on board the Queen Mary; he was in his late teens when he was tragically crushed to death by a watertight door during a routine drill. Unexplained knocking has been heard around the door, and a tour guide reported seeing a figure dressed in dark clothing as she was leaving the area where the young man had been killed. She saw his face and recognized him from his photographs. The young man's ghost has been seen walking along Shaft Alley before disappearing by door number 13. This famous door was used in the filming of the Poseidon Adventure and has reportedly crushed at least two men during the ship's history.