Page 11: USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of (top row, left to right) Margaret (Middleton) Rivers and president of the shipbuilding company, Lennis "Bud" Ackerman, (middle row, left to right) unidentified woman and Lois Marion Rivers, (bottom row, left to right) Congressman F. Edward Hebert, unidentified man, and Robert Eastman at the keel laying ceremony for the USS L. Mendel Rivers. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.

• Title: Page 11: 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: 2018.30.23.11

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