Don't Give Up The Ship Galvano [178451]
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Negative galvano, 7 1/4 inches in diameter. 1813 / pictorial Sailing ship / Don't Give Up / The Ship. Eighteen stars around the perimeter. No artists initials. James Lawrence was a Navy Captain commanding the USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812. On June 1, 1813, his crew was locked in a fight with the British HMS Shannon and he was shot. As he grappled with this fatal injury, Lawrence[x=#8217/]s last command was [x=#8220/]Don[x=#8217/]t give up the ship.[x=#8221/] These heroic words were turned to legend shortly after by his friend and fellow naval officer, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a hero in his own right.
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Don't Give Up The Ship Galvano [178451]
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