This is the Queen Mary, the massive ocean liner permanently docked in Long Beach, California. When she launched in 1936, she was one of the fastest and most luxurious ships on the planet—crossing the Atlantic in style with movie stars, world leaders, and royalty on board. During World War II, everything changed. She was repainted battleship gray and turned into a high-speed troopship, earning the nickname the Grey Ghost because enemy submarines couldn’t catch her. She carried more than 800,000 t