What is in the conning tower?
The conning tower, which is the enclosed space above the control room, includes:
- Hatch and ladder down to control room
- Helm.
- Course indicator.
- Rudder indicator.
- Motor order telegraphs.
- Alarms.
- Announcing systems.
- Ladder and hatch to the bridge.
- Sonar displays and controls.
- Search periscope.
- Attack periscope.
- SJ surface search radar display and controls.
- ST surface search radar display. This radar is in the search periscope.
- Depth gauge.
- Telegraph key.
- Dead reckoning tracker.
- Torpedo data computer.
- Torpedo firing keys.
- Radio phone sets.
- Sound-powered phones.