Alarm type	Color	Handle/knob
Fire room emergency	Brass	Handle
General Alarm	Red (21105) Surface Ship	Handle
General Alarm	Yellow (23655) Submarine	Handle
Intraturret alarm	Brass	Handle
Flight deck warning	Brass	Handle
Flight crash	Brass	Handle
Chemical attack	Green (24260) Surface Ship	Handle
Heavy machine gun cease fire circuit 4U	Brass	Handle
Light machine gun cease fire circuit 5U	Brass	Handle
Collision alarm	Yellow (23655) Surface ship	Star knob
Collision alarm	Red (21105) Submaine	Star knob
Diving alarm	Green (24260) Submarine	Square knob
Sonar alarm	Yellow (23655) Surface ship	Handle
Rocket & Torpedo warning	Brass	Handle
Power plant alarm	White (27875) Surface Ship	T-knob
Power plant alarm	Pink (21668) Submarine	T-knob
Missile jettison alarm	Blue (25102) Submarine	Crown knob
Missile emergency alarm	Orange (27246) Submarine	Crown knob
Danger I.F.F. Destruct	Brass	Handle
Whistle switch	Brass	Handle
Cease Firing	Brass	Handle
More feed	Brass	Handle
Feed started	Brass	Handle
Emergency feed started	Brass	Handle
Start emergency feed	Brass	Handle
Aircraft contact	Brass	Handle
Blank	Brass	Handle

AUTHENTIC NAVY ALARM SOUNDS PAGE

Revised 2/7/2010

OK, I'm stumped. What are navy sounds doing on a police car page??

Since I'm paying good money for this space, I decided that this was my opportunity to let the world have some authentic samples from my sound collection (I.E. it's my space so I can use it how I want!!). I've acquired these sounds over the period of the last ten years or so via the Internet, actual samples from equipment, you name it. I get really steamed listening to some of these cheesy sounds that people try to pass off as "authentic", when you want something real you want something real!

In order to make it to this page, the sounds have to be completely authentic (I.E. coming off the actual signal generator or oscillator card, or when the stack is not available a reproduction from an accurate signal generator matching the original specifications). This is as close to the real thing as being on the ship and pulling the contact maker yourself!! I am always looking for authentic navy alarm sounds, if you have any please drop me an EMAIL with a file attachment and I'll post them. If you can record clean sounds right off the "stack", those are VERY desirable!! As far as I am aware none of these sounds are copyrighted, all files should be in the public domain. If this is incorrect, let me know and I'll remove the file in question. Sources and author(s) for contributed files are credited when requested.

All files are in WAV format, the link gives information on what the sound actually represents (I.E. Surface ship/submarine, IC stack type, type of alarm, vessel class if known). Some of my sources to establish the authenticity of these sounds are; "I.C. Electrician 2, NAVPERS 10556, 1955", "Device 12-NR-1a - Shipboard Calls and Commands, Office of Naval Research, May, 1950", "I.C. Electrician 3 & 2, NAVEDTRA 10558-B, 1974", Dynalec product brochure "Submarine Intercommunication System AN/WIC (Form AN/WIC, 0187-1500C) January, 1987", Navships 365-2879, "Technical Manual, Amplifier-Oscillator Group, AN/SIA-114B - 7 April 1965".

NOTE (11/30/2009): For the sites linking your servers directly to my sounds, if you want to use these sounds on or through your sites, please download the respective sound files and host them on YOUR web page(s), not through mine. You are jepordizing my ability to continue to deliver this site on a free basis for all users worldwide.

SURFACE SHIP

Surface ship - General Alarm - AN/SIA-114B (15-second loop)

Surface ship - General Alarm (2nd version) - AN/SIA-114B

Surface ship - Chemical Attack Alarm - AN/SIA-114B

Surface ship - General Alarm (Old style) - IC/BMG stack (Stromberg)

Surface ship - Main Battery Salvo Alarm (17MC) - MCG Stack

Surface ship - Sonar Alarm (IC/BMG Stack) or Cease Fire Alarm (IC/MCG Stack using 17MC)

Surface ship - Flight Crash Alarm - AN/SIA-114B Stack

Surface ship - General Quarters w/bugler for drill - Unknown stack - USS Ranger (CV61)

Surface ship - General Quarters w/bugler - Unknown stack - USS Coral Sea (CV43)

Surface Ship - General Alarm - USS John Stennis (CVN-74). Complete call to GQ for a general drill. New generation 1MC stack.

Surface Ship - Action Stations Alarm - Canadian Navy - Halifax class Frigate. Sound courtesy of Impressed (used with permission).

Surface Ship - Action Stations Alarm - Canadian Navy - Iroquois/Tribal class DD. Sound courtesy of Impressed (used with permission).

Surface ship - Collision Alarm - AN/SIA-114B

Surface ship - Alarm test during commissioning of USS George HW Bush (CVN-77), heard are various sounds of the new-style Collision Alarm, Chemical Alarm, Power Plant Casualty Alarm, and the Flight Crash alarm. This is the new generation 1MC stack, with the alarms sounding higher pitched then the older AN/SIA-114B stack. Also at the end of the clip is the ship's whistle sounding one blast.

Surface Ship - Ship's whistle - USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). Five-second blast of ship's whistle recorded during commissioning ceremony. Not sure which horn they used, probably either a Tyfon or Kahlenberg.

ABOUT THE NEW ALARMS....

This is the "formula" for the new navy alarm tones as found on the later CVN carriers using the next generation 1MC stacks. Why they went off the old 1000 hz standard is beyond me, but in order to have your tones sound the same as the new stacks, you need to follow this formula. All tones are triangle waveform.

General alarm: 400hz decay tone, 520ms with repeat for 15 seconds.
Collision alarm: Three bursts of 1390hz, 50ms on/30ms off, 150 MS gap after 3rd tone.
Chemical alarm: Steady 1390hz tone.
Flight Crash: Bi-directional sweep tone from 1040hz to 2415hz & back, 1100ms interval for sweep.
Reactor casualty: Jump tone of 830hz to 1390hz (300ms of 830hz then 200ms of 1390hz), repeating with zero delay.

SUBMARINE

GENERAL NAVY

General Navy - Admiral's March w/1 Ruffle & Flourish (used for greeting a Rear Admiral during formal ceremony)

General Navy - Anchors Aweigh (Ceremonial Naval Anthem) - US Naval Academy Band

General Navy - Anchors Aweigh (Ceremonial Naval Anthem) - US Navy Ceremonial Band (NOTE - recorded 4/21/07 for the launching of the USS North Carolina, the "POP" in the first two seconds of the file is the bottle of champaigne hitting the bow of the submarine... )

NASA - SPACE SHUTTLE & PROJECT APOLLO

Space Shuttle & Space Station Master Alarm - repro. to NASA standards

Space Shuttle & Space Station Fire Warning siren - repro. to NASA standards

Space Shuttle SM alert (minor alarm) - repro. to NASA standards

Apollo Command Module (CM) and Lunar Excursion Modules (LEM) - Master Alarm - repro. to NASA standards

NOTE - I threw these in because I had a request for the tones from someone and I had the files... thought they might be of some interest.

MISC. SOUND FILES

USAF REACT console - Minuteman III EAM alarm (this is the current tone that sounds when the National Command Authority sends an Emergency Action Message to the Minuteman silos, usually a test or exercise but if not.... NOT GOOD!)

SAC Primary Alerting System - Minuteman I and II (this was the tone that sounded when the National Command Authority sent an Emergency Action Message to the Minuteman silos in the 1960's). Clip taken from an offical USAF Documentary film titled "SAC Command Post" produced in 1963.

Commercial passenger vessel - General Emergency Signal. This is what is sounded on a cruise ship or a cargo vessel to call crew to stations and to have passengers muster at lifeboat stations. 1800hz tone conforming to USCG standards.

Commercial passenger vessel - General Emergency Signal. A recording from a cruise I took in October, 2009. Conforming tone signal with USCG standards.

Commercial passenger vessel - Abandon Ship Signal. Another recording from a cruise I took in October, 2009. Conforming tone signal with USCG standards.

CONTACT MAKERS

Contact makers are the heavy-duty switches which are activated to set off the various emergency alarms found on ships & submarines. They are also water-resistant (immersible to 15 feet without leakage) and guarded to prevent accidental activation. Some contact makers are painted distinctive colors for easy recognition. Along with this, the handles that activate critical contact makers are fashioned with special knobs (such as the "T-handle" for the power plant casualty alarm) that allow for the activation of the correct alarm in darkness by feel.

I've listed the standard Navy contact makers below as of the 26 Nov 2002 DOD specifications (MIL-DTL-15743/16A-17A-18A). The list also gives you the DOD paint code for the exact color, and tells you what kind of knob is on the end of the contact maker.

Alarm type Color Handle/knob

Fire room emergency Brass Handle

General Alarm Red (21105) Surface Ship Handle

General Alarm Yellow (23655) Submarine Handle

Intraturret alarm Brass Handle

Flight deck warning Brass Handle

Flight crash Brass Handle

Chemical attack Green (24260) Surface Ship Handle

Heavy machine gun cease fire circuit 4U Brass Handle

Light machine gun cease fire circuit 5U Brass Handle

Collision alarm Yellow (23655) Surface ship Star knob

Collision alarm Red (21105) Submaine Star knob

Diving alarm Green (24260) Submarine Square knob

Sonar alarm Yellow (23655) Surface ship Handle

Rocket & Torpedo warning Brass Handle

Power plant alarm White (27875) Surface Ship T-knob

Power plant alarm Pink (21668) Submarine T-knob

Missile jettison alarm Blue (25102) Submarine Crown knob

Missile emergency alarm Orange (27246) Submarine Crown knob

Danger I.F.F. Destruct Brass Handle

Whistle switch Brass Handle

Cease Firing Brass Handle

More feed Brass Handle

Feed started Brass Handle

Emergency feed started Brass Handle

Start emergency feed Brass Handle

Aircraft contact Brass Handle

Blank Brass Handle

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