There is much news in Arkansas about the elimination of the Robert E Lee. day observance. However it is little known that no less an organization the the United States Navy has honored the memory of our famed general in the form of a Nuclear Balistic Missle Submarine SSBN 601, the USS Robert E. Lee. a US George Washington Class Nuclear Polaris Missile submarine.

The USS Robert E. Lee was only the 4th Nuclear Polaris Missle Submarine built by the United States. There is still a USS Robert E. Lee association today. I wonder if any Arkansasawyers served on her?