Record of Wartime Cruises
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This is a complete list of World War II cruises of the RMS Queen Mary, which Steve Harding has generously authorized me to copy to this web page from his excellent photo-filled book Gray Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War .

Steve Harding notes that "those crossings that do not have entries for the numbers of troops and passengers did, in fact, carry both: Many of the records of the QM's earlier wartime voyages were lost or destroyed in the years just after the war, so we're unsure of the exact numbers."

More info may be found in the "Information About Specific Crossings" pages.

More Information

Quick Info About This Ship
Ship Type: Passenger Ship
War Service Dates: March 1940 - September 1946
Built: 1930-1936 - John Brown & Co., LTD., Clydebank, Scotland
Troop Capacity: 15,000+ troops
Disposition: Hotel & convention facility in Long Beach, CA

1944

Dates Route
Mileage
Passage
Speed
Voyage
Captain
Notes
T=Troops,
P=Passengers
C=Crew
Jan 3, 1944 to
Jan 9, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,735
6 days, 2 hours,
4 minutes
25.57k
WW #31W
Illingsworth
 
Jan 22, 1944 to
Jan 28, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,714
5 days, 20 hours,
28 minutes
26.44k
WW #31E
Illingsworth
 
Jan 31, 1944 to
Feb 6, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,502
5 days, 17 hours,
18 minutes
25.51k
WW #32W
Illingsworth
 
Feb 12, 1944 to
Feb 18, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,767
5 days, 22 hours,
6 minutes
26.51k
WW #32E
Illingsworth
 
Feb 21, 1944 to
Feb 27, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,340
5 days, 11 hours,
54 minutes
25.32k
WW #33W
Bisset
1,332(P), 940(C)
March 1, 1944 to
March 7, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,504
5 days, 12 hours,
12 minutes
26.51k
WW #33E
Bisset
11,950(T), 1,190(C)
(more)
March 11, 1944 to
March 17, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,456
5 days, 13 hours,
6 minutes
25.97k
WW #34W
Bisset
2,042(P), 1,123(C)
March 21, 1944 to
March 27, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,603
5 days, 15 hours,
36 minutes
26.57k
WW #34E
Bisset
12,072(T), 1,099(C)
(more)
March 31, 1944 to
April 6, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,607
5 days, 17 hours,
30 minutes
26.33k
WW #35W
Bisset
1,246(P), 1,091(C)
April 10, 1944 to
April 16, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,909
6 days, 3 hours,
12 minutes
26.57k
WW #35E
Bisset
11,979(T), 1,086(C)
(more)
May 7, 1944 to
May 13, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,668
5 days, 19 hours,
24 minutes
26.31k
WW #36W
Bisset
968(P), 935(C)
June 7, 1944 to
June 13, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,561
5 days, 12 hours,
18 minutes
26.92k
WW #36E
Bisset
11,993(T), 1,112(C)
(more)
June 17, 1944 to
June 23, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,470
5 days, 9 hours,
42 minutes
26.75k
WW #37W
Bisset
4,898(P), 1,103(C)
July 1, 1944 to
July 7, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,434
5 days, 7 hours,
54 minutes
26.85k
WW #37E
Bisset
14,533(T), 1,105(C)
(more)
July 11, 1944 to
July 17, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,447
5 days, 14 hours,
12 minutes
25.69k
WW #38W
Bisset
5,060(P), 1,102(C)
July 23, 1944 to
July 28, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,315
4 days, 22 hours,
18 minutes
28.02k
WW #38E
Bisset
12,009(T), 1,130(C)
(more)
Aug 6, 1944 to
Aug 12, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,260
5 days, 5 hours,
21 minutes
26.01k
WW #39W
Spencer
 
Aug 20, 1944 to
Aug 26, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,615
5 days, 16 hours,
6 minutes
26.56k
WW #39E
Spencer
 
Sept 5, 1944 to
Sept 10, 1944
Gourock to
Halifax
3,100
4 days, 19 hours,
12 minutes
26.91k
WW #40W
Bisset
3,594(P), 1,107(C)
Sept 10, 1944 to
Sept 11, 1944
Halifax to
New York
650
0 days, 23 hours,
18 minutes
27.90k
NNO
Bisset
 
Sept 20, 1944 to
Sept 25, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,412
5 days, 0 hours,
0 minutes
28.43k
WW #40E
Bisset
9,084(T), 1,110(C)
(more)
Oct 2, 1944 to
Oct 8, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3.597
5 days, 11 hours,
30 minutes
27.35k
WW #41W
Bisset
5,047(P), 1,086(C)
Oct 12, 1944 to
Oct 18, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3.499
5 days, 8 hours,
54 minutes
27.15k
WW #41E
Bisset
11,891(T), 1,061(C)
(more)
Oct 22, 1944 to
Oct 28, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,679
5 days, 16 hours,
12 minutes
27.01k
WW #42W
Bisset
3,016(P), 1,059(C)
Nov 3, 1944 to
Nov 9, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,558
5 days, 10 hours,
12 minutes
27.33k
WW #42E
Bisset
11,968(T), 1,065(C)
(more)
Nov 13, 1944 to
Nov 19, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,485
5 days, 20 hours,
24 minutes
24.82k
WW #43W
Bisset
2,477(P), 1,076(C)
Nov 20, 1944 to
Dec 7, 1944
Drydocked in Bayonne, New Jersey
Dec 10, 1944 to
Dec 16, 1944
New York to
Gourock
3,595
5 days, 10 hours,
18 minutes
27.59k
WW #43E
Bisset
11,996(T), 1,084(C)
(more)
Dec 21, 1944 to
Dec 27, 1944
Gourock to
New York
3,508
5 days, 11 hours,
20 minutes
26.71k
WW #44W
Illingsworth
 

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