Page 19 - USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Launch

Description:

Photograph of shipyard president, John P. Diesel, demonstrating how to christen the USS L. Mendel Rivers with a bottle to (from right) Lois Marion (Rivers) Ravenel and Margaret "Peg" Middleton (Rivers) Eastman. Margaret (Middleton) Rivers is visible in the background. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.

• Title: Page 19 - USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Launch
• Creator: Hargrave, Dale
• Date: June 2, 1973

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• Collection: Photograph Album Collection
• Object Name: USS L. Mendel Rivers Launch
• Object Id: 2018.30.24.19

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