where all those lovely ships came to the Ocean Terminal . . . They actually filmed scenes from Titanic there (tho the terminal itself has been long closed).
Our house was about 4 or 5 miles from the docks but we could hear the ships' hooters and, in time, got to recognize the ships by their horns.
A few years ago, I was driving around Newport RI and heard the real deep horn. My brain immediately said "QE2." Sure enuff, I drive round the corner and there she is, just coming into anchor.
Years later, there she was in Norfolk . . .
Years after that, I spotted her from the plane as we approached landing in Philadelphia.