Page 21: USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of (from left) Lois Marion Rivers, Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Margaret "Peg" Middleton (Rivers) Eastman, and Congressman F. Edward Hebert seated behind the podium 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 21: 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: 2018.30.23.21

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