South Carolina (Frigate) Collection, 1970-1974.

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South Carolina (Frigate) Collection, 1970-1974.

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Consisting of photocopy of letter, Sen. Strom Thurmond, 7 Dec. 1970, Washington, D.C., U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond to Dr. Charles Lee, S.C. Dept. of Archives and History, Columbia, S.C., relaying a number of items sent to Thurmond from Admiral George Hyman Rickover commorating keel-laying ceremonies, 1 Dec. 1970, for the U.S.S. South Carolina in Newport News, Va., and thanking Lee for research assistance in preparations for Thurmond's remarks at the ceremony. Items include a metal facsimile of the keel plate, "USS South Carolina DLGN-37 ... authenticated by Margaret Middleton Rivers [of] Charleston, South Carolina" and including a quote by U.S. Representative L. Mendel Rivers; also includes commemorative envelope and printed cards re statistics and drawing of vessel; report, 7 Mar. 1972, re history of the six ships that bore the name South Carolina, 1780-1974, compiled by L.A. Olsson, Naval History Division of Navy Dept.; and photocopied clipping from The State (Columbia, S.C.), Dec. 1974, annoucing preparations for the commissioning of the most recent U.S.S. South Carolina, a nuclear-power guided missle frigate.

8 items.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7320086

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Rickover, Hyman George , 1900-1986

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Hyman George Rickover (January 27, 1900 – July 8, 1986) was an Admiral in the U.S. Navy. He directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office. In addition, he oversaw the development of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor used for generating electricity. Rickover is also one of four people who have been awarded two Congressional Gold ...

Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003

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James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American military officer and politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate on a States' rights platform supporting racial segregation. He received 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes, failing to defeat Harry Truman. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Southern De...

Lee, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1917-

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Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970

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United States. Naval History Division

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South Carolina (Frigate)

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Nuclear-powered guided missile frigate. From the description of South Carolina (Frigate) Collection, 1970-1974. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31523345 ...

Olsson, L. A.

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