Submarine - General Alarm - Stromberg/Carlson IC/BGL-2S - USS Cavalla (SS-244)(15-second loop)
Submarine - Collision Alarm - Stromberg/Carlson IC/BGL-2S - USS Cavalla (SS-244)(15-second loop)
Submarine - General Alarm - Unknown Stack - Unknown WW2 fleet boat (15-second loop)
Submarine - General Alarm - Unknown Stack - on-shore test stack. This was a stack used for film production and not aboard a submarine at the time of recording, although it was an authentic USN submarine Battle Announcing stack (35-second clip)
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/WIC-2 (Dynalec) - USS Dolphin (SS-555). DBF!
Submarine - General Alarm - AN/SIA-113A (Stromberg/Carlson) - USS Trout (SS-566)(30-second loop)
Submarine - General Alarm - AN/SIA-113A (Stromberg/Carlson) - USS Triton (SSRN-586). Sound clip taken from a US Navy promotional film that used the Triton for interior shots.
Submarine - General Alarm - AN/WIC - Unknown 608 class FBM Submarine, GQ sequence for WSRT
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 - Action Stations Alarm - Unknown stack - Unknown British FBM Submarine
Submarine - Diving Alarm - Klaxon-style Federal Signal H-8 mechanical horn - Multiple class Submarine
Submarine - Diving Alarm - Multiple Klaxon-style Federal Signal H-8 mechanical horns. (NOTE - this is what happens when you hit the diving alarm contactor on a fleet diesel submarine... no sound remotely like it. DBF!) - Multiple class Submarine
Submarine - Diving Alarm - Federal Signal H-8 mechanical horn - USS Dolphin (SS-555). DBF!
Submarine - Diving Alarm - AN/WIC-2 (Dynalec) - USS Dolphin (SS-555)(Electronic alarm). DBF!
Submarine - Diving Alarm - Benjamin Electric H-9 mechanical horn (WW2 vintage). DBF!
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 - Diving sequence - PCU North Dakota (SSN-790).
Submarine - Collision Alarm - AN/WIC-2 (Dynalec) - USS Dolphin (SS-555). DBF!
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 - 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
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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Surface ship & Submarine - E3D2 Electronic Siren (Multiple purpose IC/SM switchboard indicating a power failure)
Surface ship & Submarine - B1S4 bell (NOTE - older-type alarm typically used for flooding alarm or other type of emergency indications)
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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...)
Surface ship & Submarine - Leslie A-200 Marine Horn (NOTE - used for Ship's Horn/Whistle on all USN Nuclear Submarines and some smaller USN surface ships.)
Surface ship - H2S4 mechanical siren. This siren is typically used in a number of applications, most notably After Steering on surface ships to signal emergency transfer of control, activated from a contact maker in the Pilothouse. Also used for missile/ASROC firing warningto clear the area around the mount.
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... )
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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.
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.
US 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.
All commercial vessels - Automatic Alarm tone for 2182 khz. Old-time automatic distress activation alarm tone, now superseded by GMDSS.
US Commercial passenger vessel - General Emergency Signal. A recording from a cruise I took in October, 2009. Conforming tone signal with USCG standards.
US Commercial passenger vessel - Abandon Ship Signal. Another recording from a cruise I took in October, 2009. Conforming tone signal with USCG standards.
CONTACT MAKERS
| 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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Prepared at the Naval Torpedo Station. (Printed in) Washington, D.C. (Reprint cover, blue, top left).
Reprint: Sundiver Productions Company of Crystal River, Florida, prepared a new edition compiled and edited by Joe Strykowski in 1997. This is a 66-page, A5 size, perfect bound softcover book with several mono photographs and drawings. I'm not sure if the 22 pages of photographs and drawings, relevant to the time of the original publication, were part of the 1905 book, or added later; I think they were added for this reprint. (See comment below)
Of the original (a;s0 see comments below): there is no indication of the original format, perhaps as per the reprint. Of the seven chapters, the following subjects are presented: Requirement of divers; Description of Diving Apparatus; Accidents That May Happen; Rules for Resuscitation; Signals; Duties of the Person in Charge of the Diver and of the Divers Tenders and Assistants; Preparation and Operation of App[aratus; Method of Instruction; Care and Preservation of Apparatus; Diving Outfit; Pressure at Different Depths.
As with the reprint of diver J.B.Green's 'Diving With and Without Armour', perhaps there should be a warning printed not to ‘try this at home' - not to use the procedures and directive mentioned. Some are so ludicrous by today's standards that no one in their right mind would use this small booklet as a modern day diving manual, but you never know! Most of the advise is relevent anyway - but not all. It is nevertheless a superb book from the point of entertainment, and giving a first hand indication of what the novice diver had to go through. The most humourous chapter is the first, the physical and mental attributes of a diver. He must first of all be of a phlegmatic temperament - my dictionary defines this as 1. sluggish, dull, 2. calm, cool. Do they go together? He must not be short-necked, full-blooded or with a strong tendency to nosebleed. I guess if he was short-necked, he would not be able to see out of the front glass - but at least he could play rugby. Of course, he must not perspire freely, andnot to be a hard drinker, nor to have suffered frequently or severely from venereal disease. Men who have long trunks with well developed chest and loins generally make good divers. So far, I would have made it, especially as I have been told I have great loins! [[ps-reprint]
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1905 MANUAL FOR DIVERS - HANDBOOK FOR SEAMEN GUNNERS.
(Originally) prepared at the Naval Torpedo Station.
Reprint: Hardback, green covers, 44 printed pages, plus 12 printed pages of photo plates. Dimesions: 14.5 cms tall by 11 cms wide
I think this is an accurately reproduced copy of the 1905 US Navy diving manual as it indicates 'Grateful acknowledgement to the MUSEUM OF THE MAN IN THE SEA for the loan of William Bladder's original manual for this reproduction'. It was published and sold by the HDS (USA), I bought this copy around the year 2000. Approximately A6 in size, the main manual is professionally bound in hard green covers. It has seven chapters and twelve photo plates that do seem in keeping with the period of the manual, the text has been reproduced as a document, the manual has not been scanned, presumably with the exception of the plates. The seven chapters are:
Chapter 1 - 'Requirements for the Diver' and 'Description of Diving Apparatus'.
Chapter 2 - 'Accidents that May Happen' and 'Rules for Resusitation'.
Chapter 3 - 'Signals' and 'Duties of the Person in Charge, of the Diver, and of the Diver's Tender and Assistants'.
Chapter 4 - 'Preperation and Operation for the Apparatus'.
Chapter 5 - 'Method of Instruction'.
Chapter 6 - 'Care and Preservation of Apparatus'
Chapter 7 - 'Diving Outfit' and 'Pressure at Different Depths.
The twelve photo plates are 'Diver Ready to Descend', 'The Air Pump', 'Life Line, Hose and Suit', 'Bands, Cuffs, Expanders, etc', 'The Breastplate', 'The Helmet', 'Chest Weights', 'Belt and Weights', 'The Shoes', 'Crinoline, Knife and Belt', 'Electric Light' and 'Diving Launch'. The plates in this HDS (USA) edition are a lot more in keeping with the period of the manual so I think they are from the original. [pt]
MANUAL FOR DIVERS 1905
Prepared at the Naval Torpedo Station, Washington D.C.1905
(Issued to Seamen Gunners in the US Navy).
Reproduction by Best Publications, USA.
This is a wonderful reprint of a most historic and fascinatingmanual. The seven chapters include ‘requirements for divers', ‘ descriptionof diving apparatus', accidents', ‘rules for resuscitation' (do not standthe diver on his head), ‘signals', ‘preparation and care of equipment',‘pressure at depth'.
Softcover, 44 pages plus 22 mono plates. $35.00
| This row images from Sundiver reprint edition. | . |
Further comment from ps: From pt's description, it does appear that the HDS (USA) edition is a faithful reproduction in being, apparently, a direct 'copy' of the original. The photographic images are of poor quality, much less than those of the Sundiver Productions edition of 1997. Note also that the Sundiver edition has 22 pages of photographs, whilst the HDS(USA) edition has just the twelve. The Sundiver edition also has a full dress diver illustration on the inside front cover, and a photo of a full dress diver on a platformk on the inslide back cover. The Sundiver edition also has a stylized ephoto of a seated standard drewss diver on the back cover. It is not likely that these would have been in the original. Somewhat confirming that the Sundiver edition does not contain the original photographs is given by the acknowledgement that the photos are courtesy of the U.S.Navy. And note also that there are no common photos between the two editions.
Was there a jump of over a decade to the next edition of the Diving Manual?