The Queen Mary ship has a rich history, having been built in 1930 in Clydebank, Scotland, and launched on May 27, 1936, embarking on her maiden voyage. She was a luxurious ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard-White Star Line. During World War II, the Queen Mary was painted grey and was used for ferrying soldiers to the war zones. On October 2, 1942, the Queen Mary accidentally sank one of her escort ships, slicing through the light cruiser HMS Curacoa off the Irish coast with a loss of 239 lives. After the war, the Queen Mary resumed her career as a passenger liner, but by the early 1960s, transatlantic cruises were falling out of fashion due to air travel becoming affordable for the masses. In 1965, the entire Cunard fleet was operating at a loss, and they decided to retire and sell the legendary Queen Mary. On October 31, 1967, the Queen Mary departed on her final cruise, arriving in Long Beach, California, on December 9, 1967, where she has been docked ever since. Today, the Queen Mary is a maritime museum and hotel. The ship is also known for being haunted, with numerous sightings of apparitions and events that generally could not have taken place in a ship that has been defunct for over 40 years.