Conning Tower Definition

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noun
A low observation tower on a submarine, serving also as an entrance to the interior.
Webster's New World
A heavily armored pilothouse on a warship, for use in battle.
Webster's New World

(nautical) 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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Other Word Forms of Conning Tower

Noun

Singular:
conning tower
Plural:
conning-towers

Origin of Conning Tower

  • From con

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Conning Tower Sentence Examples

  • Godsal ordered everyone inside the conning tower.

  • I immediately ascended the conning tower and by this time the object was on our starboard beam.

  • In late 1923, S-1 was modified by the addition of a steel seaplane hangar abaft the conning tower.

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