Talk:USS Robert E. Lee

Tone

This seems a bit like fanboy writing. "The Polaris flew 'hot and true' in the narrative voice of the article? "Dixie"? -- Jmabel | Talk 05:31, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

The language is correct. Once launched, missiles are reported to be flying hot and true, just as torpedoes are reported as running hot, straight, and normal. And what's wrong with "Dixie"? It is exactly right. I guess we could say "the states of the former Confederate States of America, which in the years following the American Civil War were denied any significant heavy industrial buildup" -- that's only a few characters longer. ➥the Epopt 14:59, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Or we could say "the South", a lot less cryptic to a reader from, say, Australia, and not much longer. -- Jmabel | Talk

Continuous underwater patrol record?

According to the CNO's Submarine Warfare Division, Submarine Chronology, the USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) set a new continuous underwater patrol record of more than 68 days on July 9, 1961 Chronology. But the Naval Historical Center states she went on her first patrol on August 9, 1961 Center. How can she set a patrol record before her first patrol? Please leave comments below. Legohead1 (talk) 13:57, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

I am having some problem with connecting the dates but not related to the Lee's first deterrent patrol (August of 1961). The patrol record could have meant something other than a deterrent (ready to shoot missiles) patrol. I was on the Lee but well after that date ('78-81) so don't have personal knowledge of that time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stbunten (talk • contribs) 22:42, 18 October 2010 (UTC)