Page 30 - USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of the Rivers' family and principal speakers at the keel laying ceremony for the USS L. Mendel Rivers. Pictured are (from left) L. Mendel Rivers, Jr., Margaret "Peg" Middleton (Rivers) Eastman, Margaret (Middleton) Rivers, Lois Marion Rivers, Congressman F. Edward Hebert, Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, and Secretary of the Navy John Chafee. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.

• Title: Page 30 - USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Keel Laying
• Creator: Unattributed
• Date: June 26, 1971

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• Collection: Photograph Album Collection
• Object Name: USS L. Mendel Rivers Keel Laying
• Object Id: 2018.30.23.30

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