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. . In the 2000s the Baylor College of Medicine was annually considered within the top ten medical schools in the nation; likewise the MD Anderson Cancer Center had been consistently ranked as one of the top two U.S hospitals specializing in cancer care by U.S News & World Report since 1990 the Menninger Clinic a psychiatric treatment center is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Methodist Hospital System. With hospital locations nationwide and headquarters in Houston the Triumph Healthcare hospital system was the third largest long term acute care provider nationally in 2005. .

. On July 30 1942 the Robert E Lee captained by William C Heath was torpedoed by the German submarine U-166 She was sailing southeast of the entrance to the Mississippi River when the explosion destroyed the #3 hold vented through the B and C decks and damaged the engines the radio compartment and the steering gear After the attack she was under escort by the USS PC-566 captained by LCDR Herbert G Claudius en route to New Orleans the USS PC-566 began dropping depth charges on a sonar contact sinking the U-166 the badly damaged Robert E Lee first listed to port then to starboard and finally sank within about 15 minutes of the attack One officer nine crewmen and 15 passengers were lost Ironically the passengers aboard the Robert E Lee were primarily survivors of previous torpedo attacks by German U-boats the wreck's precise location was discovered during the C & C Marine survey that located the U-166.