The Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth

The Queen Mary offered free admission and a day of events, including the dedication of a ship model exhibit, to celebrate the first time her much younger sister ship, the Queen Elizabeth has made a port stop in Long Beach. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Feb. 5, 2015 9:29 PM PT

The Queen Elizabeth paid a port call on its sister ship the Queen Mary in Long Beach.

The ship models, including the Queen Mary (shown in photo), the Titanic, Lusitania and others are the first phase of the Queen Mary’s plan to create a world-class maritime museum and learning center aboard the ship (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Public safety officer Gary Flores raises the British flag on a pole aboard the Queen Mary, framing her much younger Cunard relative, the Queen Elizabeth. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)