Page 21 - USS South Carolina Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover introducing Congressman L. Mendel Rivers and Mrs. Margaret (Middleton) Rivers at the keel laying ceremony for the USS South Carolina. Assistant Secretary of Defense, Barry Shillito can be seen in the background. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.

• Title: Page 21 - USS South Carolina Keel Laying
• Creator: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
• Date: December 1, 1970

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• Collection: Photograph Album Collection
• Object Name: USS South Carolina Keel Laying
• Object Id: 2018.30.22.21

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