Page 20 - USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Launch

Description:

Photograph of (from left) Margaret "Peg" Middleton (Rivers) Eastman, John P. Diesel, and Lois Marion (Rivers) Ravenel pictured before the christening of the USS L. Mendel Rivers. The submarine 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 20 - USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Launch
• Creator: Everton
• Date: June 2, 1973

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• Collection: Photograph Album Collection
• Object Name: USS L. Mendel Rivers Launch
• Object Id: 2018.30.24.20

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