Page 25 - USS South Carolina Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of U.S. Representative L. Mendel Rivers, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, delivering the closing remarks at the keel laying ceremony for the USS South Carolina. Principals visible in the background are (from left), Assistant Secretary of Defense Barry Shillito, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Margaret "Peg" Middleton (Rivers) Eastman, Lennis "Bud" Ackerman, and unidentified. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.

• Title: Page 25 - 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: 2018.30.22.25

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