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

As Lawrence, mortally wounded, was carried below, he said to his men, "Don't give up the ship."

From A Brief History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach

Lawrence lived four days, most of the time delirious, during which he continually repeated the appeal, "Don't give up the ship!"

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles

Perry, calling his men aft, produced a blue banner bearing in white letters the last words of the man after whom the Lawrence was named: "Don't give up the ship!"

From American Men of Action by Stevenson, Burton Egbert