Page 26 - USS South Carolina Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of U.S. Representative L. Mendel Rivers, standing beside Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover at the keel laying ceremony for the USS South Carolina. The principals and spouses visible are (from left), unidentified, Robert Eastman, Mouza (Coutelais-du-Roche) Zumwalt, Assistant Secretary of Defense Barry Shillito, and Margaret (Middleton) Rivers (out of view). They are all clapping. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.

• Title: Page 26 - 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: 2018.30.22.26

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