The Queen Mary, a famous British OCEAN LINER, was launched in 1934 and was the sister ship of the Queen Elizabeth. The Queen Mary weighed 81,235 U.S. tons and was 309 m (1,020 ft) in length; it carried more than 2,000 passengers and a crew of 1,100. The ship had four screw propellers and was one of the first merchant vessels to be fitted with antiroll stabilizers. In 1938 the Queen Mary won the Blue Riband--a trophy awarded for the passenger ship making the fastest North Atlantic crossing--with an average speed of 31.69 knots (58.69 km/h). The liner was withdrawn from service in 1967 and is anchored at Long Beach, Calif., where it serves as a museum and conference center
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