When I was a shipboard sailor (before I went Master at Arms), one night I was quite perplexed by this noise I heard while down in the berthing compartment (served on a Ticonderoga Class). My berthing was in the aft part of the ship, just a little below the water line.
The noise was this really odd whistling chirping business that sounded almost melodic. I finally couldn't take it anymore and asked one of the more seasoned sailors WTF that noise was.
"Oh, that's the active SONAR".
"You sure? Thought maybe we'd run over Humphrey the Hump back"
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