| 词条 | General quarters |
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|filename=General quarters.ogg |title=General quarters |description=A call to general quarters aboard a United States Navy vessel in the 20th century. |format=Ogg}}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 as quickly as possible.[1] 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."[2] Aboard U.S. Navy Vessels, the following announcement would be made using the vessel’s public address system (known as the 1MC): “General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your battle stations. The direction of travel is up and forward on your starboard side, down and aft on your port side.” References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Cutler|first1=Deborah W. Cutler, Thomas J.|title=Dictionary of naval terms|date=2005|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Md.|isbn=9781591141501|edition=6th}} 2. ^{{Cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of War|last=David|first=Saul|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Ltd|year=2012|isbn=978-1409386643|location=|pages=396}} External links
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