Beach, California. The Ubiquiry Srudios movie Vessels will be "a rhriller rhar focuses on rhe hisrory and hauntings of rhe Queen Mary." The film crew will be working ar nighr, and will nor disrupr rhe daily ac riviries aboard ship. The ship was builr ar rhe John Brown & Company Shipyard on rhe River Clyde in Scodand and was launched in 1934, rhe firsr ship owned and operared by rhe newly merged Whire Srar Photomosaic of the J866Walrer B. Allen. lhe schooner lies in 165 feet of water in Lake Michigan and is in an extraordinary state ofpreservation, including both masts still standing and reaching to within 90 feet ofthe lake's surface. lhe site is one of39 known shipwrecks within the proposed area nominated to become a National M arine Sanctuary.
comains a collecrion of thirry-nine known shipwrecks, fifreen of which are lisred on rhe Narional Register of Hisroric Places. The public is invired ro submir commems
The second sire is in Wisconsin: a n 875-square mile area of Lake Michigan, wirh warers exrending from Pon Washingron ro Two Rivers. The nominared area
Line and C unard Line. In Augusr 1936, rhe Queen Mary won rhe covered Blue Riband from her rival Normandie during an Adantic crossing where she averaged 30 .14 knors wesrbound and 30.63 knors easrbound. (1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, CA 90802; www.queenmary.com) . . . On 5 October, President Barack Obama announced two new marine areas that are candidates to become national marine sanctuaries, the first sites
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to be nominated since 2000. The first proposed area is Mallows Bay-Poromac River, in Maryland: a 14-square mile area of rhe ridal Poromac River, adjacenr to C harles County. Nearly 200 vessels spanning from rhe Revolurionary War rhrough rhe presem are found in rhe area, including rhe remains of rhe largesr "Ghosr Fleer" of World War I, wooden sreamships builr for rhe US Emergency Fleer rhar are lisred on rhe Narional Regisrer of Hisroric Places.
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