[DOC] [TLE] Tell Time Like A Sailor - Electricka [PAR] The sound you heard when this page opened is the ringing of a ship's bell. ... In 
the early days, time was kept with an hourglass and the bells were rung manually
. ... After the first half hour on duty, the watch rings the ship's bell for the first time. 
.... (see The Watches table, above) begins at 4:00 p.m. and ends at 8:00 p.m. It's... [DOC] [TLE] Ship's bell - Wikipedia [PAR] A ship's bell is used to indicate the time aboard a ship and hence to regulate the 
sailors' duty watches. ... Instead, there are eight bells, one for each half-hour of a 
four-hour watch. .... It is a naval tradition to baptize children using the ship's bell 
as a baptismal font and to engrave the names of the children on the bell 
afterwards... [DOC] [TLE] watch standing - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] another ship, it's necessary to maintain a watch for ... log is kept by the 
quartermaster of the watch (QOOW). In-port, chronological entries are made, but 
these ... The log is signed at the end of each watch by the. OOD .... Converting 
time on a 12-hour clock to Navy time is ... reports to the OOD normally makes 
them through the. [DOC] [TLE] Customs - US Navy Hosting [PAR] Completing a watch with no incidents to report was "Eight bells and all is well." 
The practice ... The ship's boy kept time by using a half-hour glass. Each time the
... [DOC] [TLE] Other Traditions of the United States Naval Services [PAR] For example, two bells in the forenoon watch would signify 9:00 a.m., five ... 
sounded throughout the two dog watches in a continuous one-through-eight 
sequence. .... notwithstanding that none of these ranks existed at the time in the 
U.S. Navy. ... a ship displaying one of these flags or arriving at a station where 
one of them... [DOC] [TLE] Watch Schedules and Ship's Bells - BoatSafe.com [PAR] (Time, in those days, was kept with an hourglass. ... A 24 hour day was divided 
into six 4 hour watches, except the dog watch (16:00 - 20:00 hours) which could 
be ... Forenoon Watch, 8 AM to Noon (0800 - 1200) ... At the end of the First Dog 
Watch, only four bells were struck, and the Second Dog Watch bells were struck 
like... [DOC] [TLE] LOOKOUT TRAINING HANDBOOK - US Department of the Navy ... [PAR] Lookout Training Handbook provides a basic reference for naval lookouts. .... 
mere pinpoint of light on the horizon may mean that a buoy has been missed and 
a ship ... A special watch, called the low visibility lookout, is stationed as far 
forward and aft ... medium through which all command and control, weapons 
control,. 8... [DOC] [TLE] Nautical Terms Index - Sailors Choice [PAR] index page for nautical terms dictionary. ... The list was kept at the binnacle. Bitter 
End - The end ... If all of the anchor cable has been payed out you have come to 
the bitter end. ... Eight Bells - Aboard Navy ships, bells are struck to designate the 
hours of being on watch. ... The ship's boy kept time by using a half-hour glass. [DOC] [TLE] Appendix:Glossary of nautical terms - Wiktionary [PAR] abandon ship - An imperative to leave the vessel immediately, usually in the face 
of ... In the Royal Navy (UK) the Board of Admiralty, executing the office of the 
Lord .... Also a rope attached to the side of a sail to pull it towards the bow (for .... 
generally half the usual time (e.g. a two hour watch between two four hour ones). [DOC] [TLE] WWII Navy - From Boys to Men - Second World War - Diaries, Letters ... [PAR] Nov 17, 2014 ... She always said she made the bullets, and her boys fired them. ... Duty watches 
were 4 hours on and 4 hours off all the time we were at sea. ... with floating

Question: Time is kept on Navy ships through the sounding of these; 8 of them signify the end of a 4-hour watch
Answer: bells