He hālāwai kakaʻikahi kā Cunard's liner moana Queen Queen 2 ma New York Harbor i kēia lā a hāʻawi i ka hoʻokupu i ka moku lawe waʻa Royal Royal Navy ʻo HMS Queen Elizabeth i ka wā o ka huakaʻi mua a ka mea lawe i US. a me ke Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa a me kā lākou kuʻikahi paʻa.
ʻO ka laina holo waʻa Cunard kahi hui i kaulana no ka mōʻaukala waiwai a me ke kuleana nui i nā Kaua Honua ʻelua. Ke loaʻa nei nā aʻa hohonu i ʻEnelani a me ka US, he hanohano ia no ka laikini e hoʻokipa i ka lawe ʻana o ka Royal Navy i kāna homeport US o Brooklyn, New York.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Cunard i ke ala lawelawe leka uila aliʻi mua ma ʻō a ma ʻĀkelanika i ka makahiki 1840, e hoʻohui ana i ka poʻe ma waena o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me ke Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa, "wahi a Josh Leibowitz, ʻo SVP Cunard ʻAmelika Hema. "Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka holo maʻamau i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua, kahi e lilo ai ka hālāwai ʻana me ka Royal Navy ma kēia ʻaoʻao o ka loko iʻa i mea nui nui."
Ma hope o ke aloha ʻana i ka mea lawe mokulele, ua holo aku ʻo Queen Mary 2 i ke kai e hoʻomaka i kahi Transatlantic Crossing i ʻehiku mau pō i ʻEnelani, ka huakaʻi kau inoa o ka laina. Ua hala ʻo HMS Queen Elizabeth i nā pule i hala iho nei e hana ana i kāna mau hoʻāʻo mua me nā mokulele F-35B Lightning II ma ka moku a ke haʻalele ʻo ia iā New York, e iho ka moku he 65,000-ton i ka East East a alakaʻi i ka lua o nā hoʻokolohua hoʻomohala.
