Click here to visit the  Admiral Nimitz Museum's website
http://www.nimitz-museum.org

Click here to view the museum's Memorial Wall

We have arranged a tour bus that will visit both the Admiral Nimitz Museum and the LBJ Ranch (President Lyndon Johnson).  The links below provide information about this tour:

   click here to download brochure
   click here to download order form

After Frank's presentation, Association members also voted to have a USS Robert E. Lee plaque placed at the Naval Memorial in D.C. to accompany the 598-class plaque the board approved in August. Total cost for the R.E.Lee plaque will be $2,500.00. Frank was given a $500.00 deposit to reserve a spot on the wall and the president will request donations from the membership in the post reunion e-grams and newsletters.

Below is a photo is a photo of a plaque the Association has just acquired. Nick Louque (YN3(SS), Blue 62-64) has volunteered to restore it and mount it on a wood base. Nick had a smaller plaque made and mounted it underneath to describe what it is. It will be displayed in Charleston, at the next reunion on May 18-2, 2005.

Below, you'll also see photos of a "similar" plaque that, at one time, was affixed to the sail (starboard side aft) at least in the Lee's earlier days.  Those of us who served later, don't remember this plaque still being on the sail, so it may have been removed before the Lee began making patrols or during the first overhaul.   Some shipmates remember seeing this plaque in the Middle Level Operations compartment, perhaps near the Crew's Mess or the Wardroom.  Other shipmates remember seeing it on the Sonar Room's bulkhead, across from the ladder leading to Middle Level Ops (near Officer's Country).  Most remember it being  mounted at the bottom of the ladder that led from Upper Level OPS to the Middle Level OPS compartment, on the bulkhead just outside the Wardroom's scullery (some remembered that the General's sword was there too).