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Each "bell" is one half hour of a watch in the navy. So 4 bells marks the 2-hour point in each 4-hour watch. Since the watches start at midnight, 4 AM (0400 hours), 8 AM (0800 hours, noon (1200 hours), 4 PM (1600 hours), and 8 PM (2000 hours), 4 bells can be 2, 6, or 10, AM or PM.
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