Don't give up the ship

Cultural  

1. Don't surrender; a favorite motto of the United States Navy. These were the dying words of Commander James Lawrence during a battle in the War of 1812.

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Don't give up the ship

Bernard M. Baruch, financier, thought: "Don't give up the ship."

From Time Magazine Archive

There is the dying courage of James Lawrence: "Don't give up the ship."

From Time Magazine Archive

Whose dying words were, "Don't give up the ship"?

From A Brief History of the United States by Barnes & Co.

"Don't give up the ship" became the watchword of the navy.

From Stories of New Jersey by Frank Richard Stockton

It was in this engagement that he uttered his famous words, "Don't give up the ship."

From The Mentor: The War of 1812 Volume 4, Number 3, Serial Number 103; 15 March, 1916. by Albert Bushnell Hart