QUEEN MARY 2 ENTERS SAN FRANCSICO BAY

The Queen Mary 2 passes under the Golden Gate Bridge on it's maiden voyage into the San Francisco Bay as crowds in Sausalito, California watch on January 4, 2007. (UPI Photo/Aaron Kehoe)

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