Alarms On Submarines of The United States Navy - Collision/Flooding Alarm

Collision/Flooding Alarm

The collision alarm is used to warn of imminent collision or actual flooding and is accompanied by a succinct statement of the emergency such as "flooding in engine room lower level" (if possible; flooding is deafeningly loud).

The alarm is a slowly rising and falling siren, rather like a stereotype American police car siren, which sounds continuously as long as the switch is held on.

The collision/flooding alarm handle is a red cog shape.

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