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

Just as they were shoving off, a seaman on the Lawrence hauled down the blue flag, bearing the motto, "Don't give up the ship!"

From Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey by Mabel Beebe

Lawrence was mortally wounded, and as he was carried below he uttered the famous words, in substance, "Don't give up the ship."

From Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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 Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Phillips