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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Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Up to the mast-head went the great blue banner with the motto, "Don't give up the ship."

From Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman

In this supreme moment there came to him now the words of the gallant Lawrence: "Don't give up the ship!"

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

James Lawrence, of Burlington—a personal friend, and also the heroic commander of the Chesapeake in her action with the Shannon, in which his last words were, "Don't give up the ship!"

From James Fenimore Cooper by Phillips, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)