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

The words of Lawrence, "Don't give up the ship," record the memorable achievement of this naval officer.

From Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses by Frederic S. Cozzens

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

Nearly forty years after, the heroic Lawrence, dying on the deck of the "Chesapeake," repeated Mugford's words, "Don't give up the ship."

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot