Augustus Ludlow
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Augustus C. Ludlow (1 January 1792 – 13 June 1813) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
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[edit] Biography
Ludlow, born Newburgh, New York, was appointed midshipmen 2 April 1804 and commissioned Lieutenant 3 June 1810. Second in command to Captain James Lawrence in USS Chesapeake, he was, like his captain, mortally wounded in their ship’s engagement with HMS Shannon 1 June 1813, and died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 13 June 1813. Lieutenant Ludlow is interred, together with Captain James Lawrence and the Captains widow, in Trinity Church graveyard New York City.
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See USS Ludlow for ships named in his honor.
Port Ludlow, Washington was named in his honor by Charles Wilkes in 1842.
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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