Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"The Cumberland sank with her flags flying and her guns firing while her decks were awash."

"What must impress especially any observer is how essential it is that every individual on a ship like this should do his whole duty, and in any crisis more than his duty."

"It is a privilege for any President to come aboard a squadron of American warships such as these."

"At any time some emergency may arise in which the safety of the entire ship will depend upon the vigilance, intelligence, and cool courage of some one man among you."