The most luxurious ocean liner ever to sail the Atlantic, the Queen Mary is a piece of floating history. She played hostess to the rich and famous during the 1930's transported more than 800,000 servicemen during WWII the legendary "Grey Ghost," and served as a means of transportation for a bevy of European war brides coming home to America and Canada before resuming status as a luxury liner. Today the Queen Mary is an elegant hotel, meeting place and family attraction on the water in Long Beach, California. In 1993, she was honored with inclusion on The National Register of Historic Places.

Requested by the associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach and theCity of Long Beach, GB5QM is the only amateur radio station ever licensed for operation aboard the Queen Mary, and the first time American were licensed to operate an amateur radio station aboard a British ship. Operation of the reconstructed Wireless Room by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach, in cooperation with amateurs from local area amateur radio clubs, was officially started on April 22, 1979.

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