Page 13 - USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of (from left) L. Mendel Rivers, Jr., Margaret "Peg" Middleton (Rivers) Eastman, Margaret (Middleton) Rivers, and Lois Marion Rivers at the keel laying ceremony for the USS L. Mendel Rivers. The ship was built and launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.

• Title: Page 13 - 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: 2018.30.23.13

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