The words “Don’t Give Up the Ship” are among the most sacred in U.S. Naval history. They were spoken by Captain James Lawrence in June of 1813 as he lay mortally wounded aboard the USS Chesapeake,...
New York Naval Station part of the Homeport Program for surface action group and open in the 1980s. However, in 1988 the base was place on a list by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission and...