Tony Nazar added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

Now she's a ship, not a floating milk carton.

Yep, sure is. I saw her when I was in So Cal in 1993, and I toured
the Queen Elizabeth when she was moored at Port Everglades in Florida
prior to when the Japs bought her and she sank at sea being towed
home.

As to the Mary, she must be anchored in concrete like many ship
museums I've toured as there is a BIG hole cut in her stern so that
vistors can look at the size of the port screw. I can't remember
exactly, but when I toured the engine room, I'd guess the size of the
shafts were around 2 feet in diameter. A truly huge ship and a grand
lady.

--
HP, aka Jerry

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