AUTHENTIC NAVY ALARM SOUNDS PAGE

Revised 10/8/2008

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 should be in the public domain. If this is incorrect, let me know and I'll remove the file in question.

• 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".

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SURFACE SHIP

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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 (CV42)

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



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SUBMARINE

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Submarine - General Alarm - Unknown Stack - Unknown WW2 fleet boat (15-second loop)

Submarine - General Alarm - Unknown Stack - USS Ling (SS-297)(15-second loop)

Submarine - General Alarm - RCA Battle Announcing System - USS Torsk (SS-423)(15-second loop)

Submarine - General Alarm - AN/SIA-113A (Stromberg/Carlson) - USS Trout (SS-566)(30-second loop)

Submarine - General Alarm - AN/WIC - Unknown 608 class FBM Submarine, GQ sequence for WSRT

Submarine - General Alarm - AN/WIC - 640 class Submarine (15-second loop)

Submarine - General Alarm - AN/WIC - 616 class Submarine

Submarine - General Alarm - AN/WIC - 640 class Submarine (15-second loop)

Submarine - General Alarm - AN/WIC-2 - Unknown 688 class Submarine (15-second loop)

Submarine - General Quarters sequence - AN/WIC-2 - Unknown 726 class (Ohio) FBM Submarine

Submarine - General Alarm - AN/WIC-2 - Unknown 726 class Submarine (15-second file)

Submarine - General Alarm - AN/WIC-2 - Unknown 726 class Submarine (NOTE - short file)

Submarine - General Alarm - AN/WIC - Unknown 637 class Submarine

Submarine - Klaxon-style H8 series mechanical horn Diving Alarm - Multiple class Submarine

Submarine - Multiple Klaxon-style H8 series mechanical horn Diving Alarms (NOTE - this is what happens when you hit the contactor on a fleet diesel submarine... nothing like it!) - Multiple class Submarine

Submarine - Diving Sequence - Unknown 688 class Submarine diving (AN/WIC-2)

Submarine - Diving Sequence - Unknown 688 class Submarine diving (AN/WIC-2)

Submarine - Diving Alarm - AN/WIC-2 - Unknown 688 or 726 class Submarine

Submarine - Diving Alarm - AN/WIC-2 - Unknown 688 class Submarine

Submarine - Diving Alarm - AN/WIC-2 - Unknown 688 or 726 class Submarine

Submarine - Surfacing Sequence - AN/WIC - 640 class Submarine. This is an apparent edit (not by me - someone spliced 3 klaxon blasts after a 1MC surfacing command). I'm including this file because it has the authentic "cow's fart" AN/WIC diving alarm.

Submarine - Collision Alarm - AN/WIC - 616 class Submarine

Submarine - Collision Alarm - RCA Battle Announcing System - Fleet Submarine

Submarine - Collision Alarm - AN/WIC-2/V - Unknown 726 class Submarine (NOTE - 30 second loop)

Submarine - Collision Alarm - Unknown Stack - USS Ling (SS-297)(NOTE - This is an incomplete alarm, the author didn't hold the handle down through the entire alarm cycle when the sound was recorded)

Submarine - Power Plant Casualty Alarm - AN/WIC-2 - Unknown 688 class Submarine

Submarine - Power Plant Casualty Alarm - AN/WIC - 616 class Submarine

Submarine - Missile Emergency Alarm - AN/WIC - 616 class Submarine

Submarine - Missile Jettison Alarm - AN/WIC - 616 class Submarine

Submarine - Power Plant Casualty Alarm - AN/WIC-2/V - 726 class Submarine

Submarine - Missile Emergency Alarm - AN/WIC-2/V - 726 class Submarine

Submarine - Missile Jettison Alarm - AN/WIC-2/V - 726 class Submarine

Surface ship & Submarine - E3D2 Electronic Siren (Multiple purpose IC/SM switchboard in ALARM) NOTE - New type alarm typically used for flooding alarm or other type of emergency indications.

Surface ship & Submarine - B1S4 bell (NOTE - older-type alarm typically used for flooding alarm or other type of emergency indications)

Surface ship & Submarine - IC/D Growler (NOTE - used on sound-powered telephone stations navy-wide.)

Surface ship & Submarine - B2S4 bell (NOTE - typically used for engineering alarm, high noise environments, etc...)

Submarine - Alarm Testing - AN/WIC-2 - Unknown 688 class Submarine (NOTE - this was a test of all alarms for a news crew. I've edited some commentary out, basic content remains unchanged.)


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GENERAL NAVY

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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 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... )



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NASA - SPACE SHUTTLE & PROJECT APOLLO

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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.

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MISC. SOUND FILES

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USAF REACT console - Minuteman III EAM alarm (this is the 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!)




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CONTACT MAKERS

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• 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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