The Arleigh Burke class is a class of guided missile destroyers in the United States Navy, named for Admiral Arleigh Burke and first commissioned in 1991. Ships of the class use a general alarm to call the crew to action stations, and recordings of that alarm have circulated in military footage and online sound collections. Editors adopted the clip for naval videos, war gaming content and meme edits where a realistic warship warning was needed instead of a generic siren. Its specific naval source is what keeps it distinct from cartoon alarms.