Page 23: USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of (from left) unidentified man, Lois Marion Rivers, Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Margaret "Peg" Middleton (Rivers) Eastman, Congressman F. Edward Hebert, Margaret (Middleton) Rivers, John Chafee, an unidentified woman, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, and L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. 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 23: 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: 2018.30.23.23

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