2619218 Captain James Lawrence uttering his last words or \'dying command\', "Don\'t give up the ship!", from \'The History of Our Country\', published 1905 (litho) by Ogden, Henry Alexander (1856-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: after being mortally wounded whilst commanding The USS Chesapeake in a single-ship action against HMS Shannon commanded by Philip Broke during the War of 1812. James Lawrence, 1781 ?1813. American naval officer. ); American, out of copyright.