USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601)
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USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601)
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| Namesake: | Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) |
| Ordered: | 30 July 1958 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down: | 25 August 1958 |
| Launched: | 18 December 1959 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Hanson E. Ely II |
| Commissioned: | 15 September 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 December 1983 |
| Struck: | 30 April 1986 |
| Fate: | Recycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 September 1991 |
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| Class and type: | George Washington-class submarine |
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| Length: | 381.6 ft (116.3 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
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| Range: | unlimited except by food supplies |
| Test depth: | 700 ft (210 m) |
| Complement: | Two crews (Blue/Gold) each consisting of 12 officers 100 enlisted |
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USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), a George Washington-class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), the commanding general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
Her keel was laid down on 25 August 1958 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 18 December 1959 sponsored by Mrs. Hanson E. Ely II; and commissioned on 16 September 1960 with Commander Reuben F. Woodal commanding the Blue Crew and Commander Joseph Williams, Jr. commanding the Gold Crew.
The third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine to join the fleet, and the first nuclear-powered submarine built in the southern United States, Robert E. Lee operated in and out of Newport News, Virginia, until 2 December 1960, when she got underway for the Narragansett Bay Operating Area for torpedo firing tests. Following the successful firing of five torpedoes on 6 December 1960, Robert E. Lee departed for Cape Kennedy, Florida, arriving on 12 December 1960. She then loaded Polaris test missiles and on 22 December 1960 conducted her first missile launch. The Polaris flew "hot and true."
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