Examples of 'conning tower' in a sentence
Meaning of "conning tower"
conning tower: this phrase typically refers to a raised platform on a ship or submarine from which visibility is provided for navigating or observing surroundings
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- The armoured control tower of an early iron warship from which the ship was navigated in battle.
- A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.
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The conning tower was protected by of armor plating.
Executive officer report to the conning tower.
Lay up to the conning tower on the double.
Captain wants you in the conning tower.
This conning tower is just like a ballroom.
Some bullets damaged its conning tower.
The conning tower could be lifted off entirely.
At less than conning tower depth.
The conning tower hatch was ordered shut.
Take over in the conning tower.
A small conning tower was built aft of the foremast.
Shore party to the conning tower.
A single conning tower replaced the old pair.
You are needed up in the conning tower.
Conning tower upper lid shut and clipped.
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They might need you up in the conning tower.
Conning tower lower lid shut and clipped.
On the side of the conning tower.
One man in the conning tower was wounded by a splinter.
I will check on the one over the conning tower.
Pump the conning tower.
Conning tower hatch closed.
Clear the conning tower.
Conning tower of a rusted submarine.
Ring the conning tower.
I am going to go back up to the conning tower.
Open conning tower hatch.
Captain to the conning tower.
The forward conning tower was the most heavily armored part of the ship.
Coffee to the conning tower.
Taiho also had the first island bridge as opposed to a mere conning tower.
Behind the conning tower.
It was installed on the starboard side of the conning tower.
The men in the conning tower below could hear him.
The most notable improvement was the addition of a conning tower.
Lookouts to conning tower.
The forward dive planes have been moved forward of the conning tower.
The sonar dome and the conning tower are made of composite materials.
One gun only mounted close before the conning tower.
There was a conning tower from which the boat and her weapons could be directed.
The submarine then submerged until only the conning tower was visible.
The conning tower armour was sufficient to protect against smaller ship guns and shell fragments.
They boarded the vessel and entered through the conning tower.
There was a hole just forward of the conning tower through which water was pouring.
The submarine was sunk by a direct hit from an aerial bomb near the conning tower.
The armoured hood formerly mounted above the conning tower was reinstalled on the rear superstructure.
The explosion killed one watch officer and wounded another in the conning tower.
This photo depicts the conning tower of Rubis.
The most obvious visual difference between the two types is the conning tower.
And you sit up in a conning tower Bossing eight hundred men.
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I knew you were conning me the whole time
The conning tower was protected by of armor plating
Which you got by conning your brother
