conning tower in English

noun
1
the superstructure of a submarine, from which it can be commanded when on the surface, and containing the periscope.
As you descend, your first sight of the submarine will be a selection of masts and periscopes rising from the conning tower .

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1. Seaplane hangar Abaft the conning tower

2. The sonar dome and the conning tower are made of composite materials.

3. Her superstructure was completely reconstructed in modern form, with a much-reduced conning tower.

4. The sophisticated vessel came equipped with a conning tower, a periscope and an air-conditioning system.

5. Ushakov submitted his radical design, which included a conning tower and periscope, to senior officers in 19

6. Conning tower definition is - a raised structure on the deck of a submarine used especially formerly for navigation and attack direction.

7. The superstructure and conning tower was fully armoured, the reason it was called a Breastwork, with 8-9in mm of wrought iron.

8. A Conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armored, from which an officer can conn the vessel, i.e., give directions to the helmsman

9. Antiaircraft Guns At the start of the war, the standard U-boat Antiaircraft armament was a single 20mm Flak (Flugabwehrkanon) gun mounted on the main deck, far from the conning tower

10. Prien was nicknamed "The Bull of Scapa Flow" and his crew decorated U-47's conning tower with a snorting bull mascot, later adopted as the emblem of the 7th U-boat Flotilla.

11. During that time, interruptions came only for overhaul periods, during one of which the "LVT hangar" abaft the conning tower was removed, and for one deployment with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean from August–November 1957.

12. A Conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armored, from which an officer in charge can conn the vessel, controlling movements of the ship by giving orders to those responsible for the ship's engine, rudder, lines, and ground tackle

13. A Conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armored, from which an officer in charge can conn the vessel, controlling movements of the ship by giving orders to those responsible for the ship's engine, rudder, lines, and ground tackle

14. The report found in Blind Man's Bluff that the wreck revealed K-129 with a 3-metre (10 ft) hole immediately abaft the conning tower would support the theory of an explosion of one of the three missiles in the sail (possibly missile #3).