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A press photo of the newly commissioned Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) firing a water salute to the Enterprise (CVN-65) at her christening on 24 September 1960. |
Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
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 | 80k | The Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) leaving Newport News for one of her sea trials probably during the late summer of 1960; she operated in and out of Newport News until 2 December 1960, when she got underway for the Narragansett Bay Operating Area for torpedo firing tests.
The Aircraft carrier being built in the background is Enterprise (CVN-65) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. | USN photo courtesy of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
Partial text courtesy of DANFS. |
 | 140k | Commemorative post mark mailed on the occasion of the Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), firing her first Polaris missile off the coast of Newport News, VA., 28 November 1960. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). |
 | 72k | Bow on view of the Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), on the way to her first patrol off the coast of Cape Canaveral. | USN photo. |
 | 96k | Capt N. Frankenberger (Acting Shipyard Commander) welcomes CDR J. D. Murray, Jr., Commanding Officer of Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) to Mare Island on 22 February 1965. | USN photo # GV022665-1, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 264k | The Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) is at berth 8 at Mare Island 22 February 1965 about to start an overhaul.
| USN photo # GV022665-2, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 838k | Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) ties up at the south end of Mare Island with the assistance of three tugs. Tug ID left to right: Lelaka (YTB-514), Satanta (YTM-270) and Dekaury (YTB-178), 23 February 1965. | Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum photo # 66690-2-65, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 526k | Eleven page Welcome Aboard the Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), 1965 & Welcome Aboard Addendum 1965. | Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 80k | CDR J. D. Murray Jr., Commanding Officer of Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) is seen standing in front of the sail for the ship while she was in dry dock #2 at Mare Island on 11 March 1965. The ship was in overhaul at the yard from 23 February 1965 to 2 July 1966. | USN photo # 67129-3-65, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 601k | General view of the battery well aboard Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) at Mare Island on 15 March 1965. Battery is ready for removal during the submarines overhaul at the shipyard from 23 February 1965 and 2 March 1966.
| US Navy Photo # 67167-3-65 courtesy of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
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 | 86k | The ship's plaque for the Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) taken on 25 June 1965.
| USN photo # 68763-6-65, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 957k | Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) entering San Francisco Bay on 7 July 1966.
| Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum photo # 73609-7-66, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 149k | View of the crews mess aboard Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) at Mare Island on 8 July 1966. Note portrait of Robert E. Lee to the right. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 106k | View of the Captains cabin aboard Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) at Mare Island on 8 July 1966. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 176k | The wardroom aboard Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) at Mare Island on 8 July 1966.
| USN photo # 73876-7-66, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 330k | Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) in San Pablo Bay off Mare Island while on trials on 3 November 1966. | USN photo # 71228-1-66, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 45k | The Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) makes her way into her base of operations in Scotland sometime during the Cold War. | USN photo courtesy of pelicanharborsubvets.com & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
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 | 1.79k | The following PDF contains 13 drawings of the Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) are from the pen of Paul Harden, ex-ET1(ss), drawn in the mid-1970s while on patrol. | Photo courtesy of Paul Harden. |
 | 172k | Banner photo of Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) on the front page of 26 November 1976 edition of Mare Island's newspaper Grapevine announcing her arrival for overhaul.
| USN photo # GV112676 02, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 126k | Main body of the article announcing the arrival of Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) plus a photo of her Commanding Officer at the time, CDR R. W. Aldinger, USN. | USN photo # GV112676 01, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
 | 311k | A Polaris A3 fleet ballistic missile lifts off at 12:33 p.m. EST 20 Nov 1978 during a launch from the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601). The launch is taking place on the Eastern Test Range.
| Defense Visual Information Center photo # DF-SC-84-07332 by Gerald W. Grimm, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. |
 | 68k | The Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) off-loads Polaris A-3 missiles at the Strategic Weapons Explosive Facility Handling Wharf, Bangor, Washington on 25 February 1982. A security force marine observes the removal from a port missile tube. | USN photo. |
 | 83k | Trench 94, Hanford Site, Washington, 1994. Hull sections containing defueled reactor compartments of decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are put in disposal trenches. Once full, the trench will be filled with dirt and buried. The compartments are expected to retain their integrity for more than 600 years. | USN photo submitted by Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). |
 | 569k | Sealed reactor compartments are shipped by barge out of Puget Sound Naval Base down the coast and along the Columbia River to the port of Benton. There the radioactively-contaminated hull sections are transferred to special multiwheeled high-load trailers for transport to the Hanford Reservation in Washington State. Pictured below is the burial ground for spent fuel of the following 77 nuclear reactor submarines as of March 2003:
Patrick Henry (SSBN-599),
Snook (SSN-592),
George Washington (SSBN-598),
Scamp (SSN-588),
Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601),
Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618),
Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600),
Dace (SSN-607),
John Adams (SSBN-620),
Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602),
Barb (SSN-596),
Ethan Allen (SSBN-608),
Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610),
Pollack (SSN-603),
Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685),
James Monroe (SSBN-622),
Skipjack (SS-585),
Nathan Hale (SSBN-623),
Plunger (SSN-595),
Shark (SSN-591),
Lafayette (SSBN-616),
Sam Houston (SSBN-609),
Jack (SSN-605),
Haddo (SSN-604),
Tinosa (SSN-606),
Guardfish (SSN-612),
Permit (SSN-594),
Queenfish (SSN-651),
Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631),
John Marshall (SSBN-611),
George C. Marshall (SSBN-654),
Flasher (SSN-613),
Guitarro (SSN-665),
Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617),
George Washington Carver (SSBN-656),
Tecumseh (SSBN-628),
Halibut (SSGN-587),
Will Rogers (SSBN-659),
Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655),
Daniel Boone (SSBN-629),
Greenling (SSN-614),
John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630),
Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633),
Skate (SSN-578),
Sargo (SSN-583),
Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657),
Sturgeon (SSN-637),
Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640),
Swordfish (SSN-579),
Seadragon (SSN-584),
Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634),
Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641),
Hammerhead (SSN-663),
Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) ,
Tullibee (SSN-597),
Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644),
Pargo (SSN-650),
Seahorse (SSN-669),
Gurnard (SSN-662),
Flying Fish (SSN-673),
Gato (SSN-615),
Puffer (SSN-652),
Seawolf (SSN-575),
Baton Rouge (SSN-689),
Bergall (SSN-667),
Whale (SSN-638),
Henry Clay (SSBN-625),
James Madison (SSBN-627),
Finback (SSN-670),
Spadefish (SSN-668),
Sunfish (SSN-649),
George Bancroft (SSBN-643),
Grayling (SSN-646),
Pintado (SSN-672),
Tunny (SSN-682),
Archerfish (SSN-678),
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Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624).
As time passes & more boats are retired from service and their reactors are brought here, so the numbers rise. In this photo dated November 2009, 98 nuclear submarines and six nuclear cruisers have been recycled. For an up to date view, click here | USN photo submitted by Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
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