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  • Officer in the United States Navy during War of 1812
  • Mortally in naval battle USS Chesapeake v HMS Shannon
  • Namesake for American warships name USS Ludlow.

Augustus Crommelin Ludlow was born 1792 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York, United States to Robert Crommelin Ludlow (1758-) and Elizabeth Conkling (c1758-) and died 13 June 1813 Naval battle - War of 1812 of unspecified causes.

Ludlow was born in Newburgh, New York. He was appointed midshipman April 2, 1804, and commissioned lieutenant June 3, 1810. Ludlow was second in command to Captain James Lawrence on the USS Chesapeake during the ship's engagement with HMS Shannon on June 1, 1813. It was to Ludlow that Lawrence said "Don't give up the ship." Both Ludlow and Lawrence were mortally wounded in that battle, and Ludlow died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on June 13, 1813.

Lieutenant Ludlow is interred, together with Captain James Lawrence and Lawrence's widow, in the graveyard of Trinity Church in Manhattan, New York City.







Siblings


Offspring of Robert Crommelin Ludlow (1758-) and Elizabeth Conkling (c1758-)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Elisabeth Ludlow (1783-)
Mary Ludlow (1785-1867)
Charles Ludlow (1786-)
Ann Dashwood Ludlow (1787-)
Charles Ludlow (1787-)
Robert Crommelin Ludlow (1787-)
Ann Dashwood Ludlow (1789-1828)
Augustus Crommelin Ludlow (1792-1813) 1792 Newburgh, Orange County, New York, United States 13 June 1813 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Frances Ludlow (1798-)

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Ludlow Family Ancestry


Namesakes and honors

  • See USS Ludlow for ships named in his honor.
  • Port Ludlow, Washington, was named in his honor by Charles Wilkes in 1842.
  • Ludlow Street in Manhattan, New York City (see Streetbook)
  • Ludlow Road in Commodore Perry Village, Middletown, Rhode Island


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