Page 39 - USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of (from left) Margaret "Peg" Middleton (Rivers) Eastman and Congressman F. Edward Hebert at the reception following the keel laying ceremony for the USS L. Mendel Rivers. Eastman is holding a piece of wood with an engraved plaque "Wood from the No. 1 Keel Block USS L. Mendel Rivers SSN - 686". The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.

• Title: Page 39 - 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: 2018.30.23.39

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