General quarters , battle stations , or action stations is an announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal that all hands (everyone available) aboard a ship must go to battle stations (the positions they are to assume when the vessel is in combat) as quickly as possible.
4-423: According to The Encyclopedia of War , formerly "[i]n naval service, the phrase 'beat to quarters' indicated a particular kind of drum roll that ordered sailors to their posts for a fight where some would load and prepare to fire the ship's guns and others would arm with muskets and ascend the rigging as sharpshooters in preparation for combat." Aboard U.S. Navy vessels, the following announcement would be made using
8-601: Is located in the IC/gyro room , a microphone control station, portable microphones at each control station and loudspeakers located throughout the ship. Control stations for the 1MC announcing system are located at the pilot house, OOD stations on the quarterdecks, aft steering and Damage Control Central area. During an incident involving a casualty, the 1MC is a communication tool used by DCAs ( damage control assistants) to keep ship members alerted and informed of casualty location area, status, and incident response efforts by
12-471: Is the term for the shipboard public address circuits on United States Navy and United States Coast Guard vessels . This provides a means of transmitting general information and orders to all internal ship spaces and topside areas, and is loud enough that all embarked personnel are (normally) able to hear it. It is used to put out general information to the ship's crew on a regular basis each day. The system consists of an amplifier - oscillator group which
16-524: The vessel’s public address system (known as the 1MC ): General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your battle stations. The route of travel is forward and up to starboard, down and aft to port. Set material condition 'Zebra' throughout the ship. Reason for General Quarters: (Inbound hostile aircraft/Hostile surface contact/etc.) This naval article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1 Main Circuit 1 Main Circuit ( 1MC )
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