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Whistler and Torry were given respectively Numbers 2111 and 2112 . These numbers showed that they were Numbers 11 and 12 of the first section of the second division -- the first figure for division , the second for section , and the remainder the personal number of the man in his section . The watches , meaning the length of time into which the twenty-four hours aboard ship is divided , are arranged on a naval vessel as in all maritime affairs . The first watch is from 8:00 P. M. till midnight . The mid-watch , or `` graveyard watch , '' is from midnight till 4:00 A. M. ; the morning watch from 4:00 till 8:00 A. M. ; the forenoon watch from 8:00 A. M. till mid-day ; the afternoon watch from noon till 4:00 P. M. ; and the dog-watches , each of which is but two hours long , are from 4:00 till 6:00 P. M. and from 6:00 till 8 P. M . The Seacove boys were already well trained in the general duties that fell to their share , even though they had never cruised upon a superdreadnaught . Now they had the special duties of looking after the guns in the turret to which they were attached .