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May 16, 2022 · On Sept. 10, 1813, Perry raised his battle flag, with the words "Dont Give Up The Ship" emblazoned on a dark background, on his flagship, the USS Lawrence, and sailed to meet the British...
Oct 13, 2011 · The Shannon captured the Chesapeake. James Lawrence, the captain of the Chesapeake, is said to have given a dying command of “Don’t give up the ship!”. The surviving officers aboard the Chesapeake immediately ignored their captain’s orders and surrender the ship to the British, who had boarded and were already in effective control of ...
Aug 1, 2008 · The two ships became so entangled that Chesapeake could no longer fire at Shannon. Lawrence gave orders to board the British ship, but in vain. He was hit by a musket ball from one of the topmen and carried below. Before he left the deck, his last words were: “Tell the men to fire faster and not give up the ship.
- Gerald Swick
He is probably best known today for his last words, "Don't give up the ship!", uttered during the capture of the Chesapeake. The quotation is still a popular naval battle cry , and was invoked in Oliver Hazard Perry 's personal battle flag, adopted to commemorate his dead friend.
- 1798–1813
- United States Navy
May 7, 2019 · The brigs were to be built to plans that had been drawn up for construction of the USS Hornet in Baltimore nearly ten years earlier. Captain Chauncey had been Hornet’s first commanding officer and he knew the capabilities of the ship.
"Don't give up the ship!" became the battle cry of Oliver Hazard Perry. The phrase was uttered by Captain James Lawrence as he died after being wounded by enemy fire aboard the Chesapeake on June 1, 1813.
Don't Give Up the Ship: Directed by Norman Taurog. With Jerry Lewis, Dina Merrill, Diana Spencer, Mickey Shaughnessy. During the 1950s, a military panel grills Junior Officer John Paul Steckler to find the whereabouts of a Navy destroyer that he temporarily commanded during WWII and is missing.
