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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.

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)

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

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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)

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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)

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Birds fly around Shoreline Aquatic Park while the Queen Elizabeth is docked next to the Queen Mary.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Visitors aboard the Queen Mary snap photos of the sister ship, the Queen Elzabeth.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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