Page 22 - USS South Carolina Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of Margaret (Middleton) Rivers authenticating the USS South Carolina keel by hammering the Naval Inspector's Seal into the commemorative plaque. From left are Mouza (Coutelais-du-Roche) Zumwalt, Congressman Chester Holifield, Senator Strom Thurmond, Secretary of the Navy John Chafee, Vernice "Cam" (Caneer) Holifield, and Lennis "Bud" Ackerman. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.

• Title: Page 22 - 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: 2018.30.22.22

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