Page 37: USS L. Mendel Rivers Submarine Keel Laying

Description:

Photograph of (from left) Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover handing Margaret (Middleton) Rivers a wrapped gift at the luncheon following the keel laying ceremony for the USS L. Mendel Rivers. L. Mendel Rivers, Jr., Lois Marion Rivers, and Admiral Elmo Zumwalt are visible in the background. Rickover has presumably said something humerous, as everyong is laughing. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.

• Title: Page 37: 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: 2018.30.23.37

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