Detroit Port Authority debuts new riverfront facility and wharf!

[rb336]

the hyperbole surrounding that thing was yet another reminder of why I hate local news.

Is the QE II the second ship named after the first Queen Elizabeth or the first ship named after Queen Elizabeth II?

[Hypestyles]

any photos? what all cruise ships come near this area? how can they be incentivized to do so?

[Jimaz]

any photos? what all cruise ships come near this area? how can they be incentivized to do so?

There was a small photo in today's Detroit News:

Officials hope newly opened Detroit port helps revive waterfront

[Gistok]

the hyperbole surrounding that thing was yet another reminder of why I hate local news.

Is the QE II the second ship named after the first Queen Elizabeth or the first ship named after Queen Elizabeth II?

Neither.... when the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were launched in the 1930s, they were named after Queen Consorts... Queen Mary was the wife of George V [[d. 1936), and Queen Elizabeth was the consort to George V [[d. 1952). These were the grandmother and mother of current Queen Elizabeth. The QE2 as its' name has been shortened to... is the 2nd ship named after Queen Elizabeth Consort. and was retired a few years ago as well.

The Queen Regents... Queen Mary I [[1553-1558), Queen Mary II [[1688-1694), Queen's Elizabeth I [[1558-1603), and Queen Elizabeth II [[1952-present) have not had ships named after them by the Cunard Line.

Amd none of these ships could ever have a port-of-call at Detroit... they're too large to make it thru the St. Laurence Seaway locks and the Welland Canal. No ocean bound ship can be more that about 740 ft. long. All 1000 footer lake ore carriers are locked into the upper 4 great lakes, and could never make it to Lake Ontario, let alone the Atlantic.