Page 22: USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of (from left) Congressman F. Edward Hebert, Margaret (Middleton) Rivers, John Chafee, an unidentified woman, and Admiral Elmo Zumwalt 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 22: 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: 2018.30.23.22

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