conning tower
noun [ C ] uk/ˈkɒn.ɪŋ ˌtaʊ.ər/ us/ˈkɑː.nɪŋ ˌtaʊ.ɚ/
（潜水艇或旧时军舰的）指挥塔，司令塔
a structure on top of a submarine (= a ship that can travel underwater) or, in the past, a military ship, from which the ship can be controlled and that contains a periscope (= a device for seeing what is above you)
The conning tower of the sub slowly emerged from the water. 潜艇的指挥塔慢慢浮出水面。
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- I could clearly make out the shape of the submarine with its conning tower.
- The only entrance to the submersible was a sixteen-inch hatch in the conning tower.
- The torpedo hit at the base of the conning tower.
- They lowered a rope ladder from the conning tower.