When I served on the USS JFK back in the Seventies, there was a sailor on watch one night on the Port Quarter (Left side of the ship, all the way towards the back, for you lubbers out there...:)
It was about 0300, the sailor was sitting in a chair, peacoat on, soundpowered phones on, looking out at the ocean and...he fell asleep. A couple of his buddies came down to say hello, saw he was sleeping, and had a great idea for a prank.
They crawled over and tied the shoelaces on his boondockers together. They retreated back into the hatch and then called out in semi-hushed tones “Man Overboard! Man Overboard!”
Well, it had the desired effect. The sleeping sailor jumped to his feet and fell flat on his face.
Unfortunately, someone on a catwalk above heard them, and raised the alarm. The entire battlegroup came alive, 5000 men on the carrier, and thousands on the destroyers, cruisers and support ships were rousted from their beds and ran to their battle stations to report in as the ships maneuvered in unison to come about.
IIRC, the men went to mast.
While on an old steam cruiser in the late 80s we were getting a radar room prepped for the new SPS-48E. One night we were using extra-duty guys to needle-gun the space; our FC Chief showed them the only thing not to touch - the waveguide that ran through the length of space in the overhead. He pointed out the warning stickers that had ‘Do Not Strike’ in big red letters every two feet.
The next morning the whole space had been needle-gunned, including the waveguide. The only spots that hadn’t been touched were the little warning stickers. We never used extra-duty folks for anything after that.