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If you’ve uttered those words yourself or wondered how they came to be included in our lexicon, this entry might be of interest to you. According to history, the dying words of Captain James Lawrence were said to be “Don’t give up the ship” while Captaining the frigate USS Chesapeake. After leaving port on June [...]

Have you ever wondered how ships get their names? Sometimes it seems like a random pattern, but other times not.A look at how and why US Navy ships received (and continue to receive) their names might answer some lingering questions.Through an act of Congress in 1819, the responsibility for assigning names to the Navy’s ships [...]