[olePigeon]

I've seen depicted quite a few times in documentaries and especially movies, that when a Captain boards a ship, he's saluted, and someone blows a small whistle. It goes from a low pitch, to a high pitch, back to a low pitch.

Does that "tune" have an official name? My Google-fu isn't very good.

[Person Man]

Take a look here:

Boatswain's call - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[nonhuman]

A tradition that extends into the 24th century: Boatswain's whistle - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

[The Final Dakar]

It's my New Mail alert, which has the odd side-effect that I'll sometimes cock my head like a confused dog when half-watching episodes of TNG.

[turtle777]

These days in the Navy, they should skip the whistle and blow the captain directly.

-t

[The Final Dakar]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

These days in the Navy, they should skip the whistle and blow the captain directly.

-t

[olePigeon]

Ah, thanks.