Page 14: USS South Carolina Keel Laying

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Photograph of Secretary of the Navy John H. Chafee introducing the keynote speaker, Senator Strom Thurmond at the keel laying ceremony for the USS South Carolina. Principals seated on the main stage are (from left) Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover, Vernice "Cam" (Caneer) Holifield, Congressman L. Mendel Rivers, Senator Strom Thurmond, Margaret (Middleton) Rivers, Congressman Chet Holifield, Assistant Secretary of Defense Barry J. Shillito (not in view), Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, and Margaret "Peg" Middleton (Rivers) Eastman. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.