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Article: Photography on the world's largest cruise ship.
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- PSA Journal
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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Cunard Lines promotes its newest ship, the Queen Mary 2 (QM2), as the longest, widest, tallest, biggest, most elegant, and expensive ship ever built. After spending 12 clays on board for a recent cruise. I would certainly agree. The ship has 14 decks which is about as high as a 23-story building and, if stood on end, would be almost as tall as the Empire State Building. Construction on the ship started in January 2001: it set sail for the first time in April 2003 at a cost of $800 million.
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