Conning Tower

Definition: Conning Tower

Conning Tower

Noun

1. An armored pilothouse on a warship.

2. A raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: Conning Tower

View of the battleship's forward superstructure and 14" gun turrets, in 1938. Note gunfire concentration dial just below the fire-control top, rangefinders atop the pilothouse and conning tower, and two .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine gun mountings just forward of the armored conning tower. Credit: NAVY.

Crew members exercising with a 12-pounder Dahlgren howitzer (on an iron field carriage) on the monitor's deck, probably while she was serving on the James River, Virginia, in 1864-65. Probably photographed by the Matthew Brady organization. Note lookout with telescope atop the turret, dents in turret and conning tower from Confederate cannon shot, and the bitt on deck in the foreground. Credit: NAVY.

The monitor's officers pose on deck, probably while she was serving on the James River, Virginia, in 1864-65. Probably photographed by the Matthew Brady organization. Note dent in the conning tower from a Confederate cannon shot. Compare this view with Photo # NH 59436, showing how the turret has rotated while the conning tower remained stationary. Credit: NAVY.

Closeup view of the submarine's conning tower area, looking aft. Taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, during the 1920s. Note her bell, navigation lights and open hatch. Credit: NAVY.

At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 23 March 1943, following completion of an overhaul. Circles on the image mark recent alterations to the ship. Note rope laid out on deck, aft of the conning tower. Credit: NAVY.

Crewmembers pose by the after end of the conning tower, while Sailfish was at Naval Submarine Base, New London, Groton, Connecticut, in 1945. Her Presidential Unit Citation flag is flying behind the periscope sheers, in upper center. Original photo is dated September 1945. Credit: NAVY.

Scene in the conning tower during a simulated torpedo attack, while at the Groton, Connecticut, Submarine Base in August 1943. Photographed by a member of Edward Steichen's unit. Commander David C. White, the submarine's Commanding Officer is at the periscope (right). In the center is the Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander David H. McClintock. Credit: NAVY.

U.S.S. Vesuvius, conning tower. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wreck of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, conning tower, 1898. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Submarines. Gaining practical experience after months in the classroom, a young naval ensign confers with a foreman on the conning tower of a submarine under construction at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Albanian

kullë vrojtimi (fire tower, watchtower). (various references)

Arabic 

‏برج القيادة في السفينة, ‏برج القيادة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

команден пост. (various references)

Finnish

komentotorni. (various references)

French

centre opérationnel, kiosque. (various references)

Greek 

γέφυρα πολεμικού. (various references)

Hungarian

parancsnoki torony. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

展望�" , 司令�" (control tower). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しれいとう (control tower), て�"ぼうとう. (various references)

Manx

toor stiuree. (various references)

Pig Latin

onningcay owertay

Portuguese

torre de comando. (various references)

Russian 

боевая рубка. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

komandni most (flying bridge). (various references)

Spanish

torrecilla (turret), torre de mando. (various references)

Swedish

kommandotorn. (various references)

Turkish

kumanda kulesi. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: connoting, enrooting, nonerotic, renowning.

-4 letters: centring, cowering, cowinner, crooning, crowning, encoring, gerontic, innocent, nitrogen, nonowner, orogenic, tenoning, towering.

-5 letters: cointer, conning, connote, coontie, coreign, corning, coronet, cowrite, cowrote, crewing, crowing, crownet, ergotic, genitor, ingrown, intoner, ionogen, negroni, noniron, nooning, noticer, renting, ringent, rontgen, rooting, ternion, trowing, wonning, wonting.