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conning tower

1. a superstructure of a submarine, used as the bridge when the vessel is on the surface

2. the armoured pilot house of a warship

conning tower [′kän·iŋ ‚tau̇·ər]

(naval architecture)

The raised observation post of a submarine, which is in addition usually used as an entrance or exit.

The armored pilothouse of a warship.

Conning Tower

an armor-protected space in which the command post of a warship was formerly located. During battle the skipper and the personnel required for the piloting of the ship were in the conning tower. Navigational instruments and means of communications were installed in it. The conning tower was usually built on the level of the navigation bridge or higher, which ensured that the commander would have the necessary field of vision. For communication with internal areas of the ship, there was an armored pipe in the middle of the conning tower. On modern warships, the command post is ordinarily located in the internal areas, and the conning tower has lost its significance.

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The echoing chamber of his soul was a narrow room, a conning tower, whence were directed his arm and shoulder muscles, his ten nimble fingers, and the swift-moving iron along its steaming path in broad, sweeping strokes, just so many strokes and no more, just so far with each stroke and not a fraction of an inch farther, rushing along interminable sleeves, sides, backs, and tails, and tossing the finished shirts, without rumpling, upon the receiving frame.

Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context

At one point in the table-land of the mountain, there was a little koppie of brown stone, which served the double purpose of head-quarters and of a conning tower.

King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context