Conning tower - Wikipedia
On surface ships, the conning tower was a feature of all battleships and armoured cruisers from about 1860 to the early years of World War II. Located at the front end of the superstructure, the conning tower was a heavily armored cylinder, with tiny slit windows on three sides providing a reasonable field of view.
Bridge (nautical) - Wikipedia
A bridge (also known as a command deck), or wheelhouse (also known as a pilothouse), is a room or platform of a ship, submarine, airship, or spaceship from which the ship can be commanded. When a ship is under way, the bridge is manned by an officer of the watch aided usually by an able seaman acting as a lookout .
Why did the Royal Navy prefer open air bridges on their ships ... - Reddit
Most of the RN's ships of WWII were designed at a time when the main sensor technology used at sea was the human eyeball. An open bridge gave the greatest opportunities for seeing out, in all conditions. The view from a closed bridge would suffer from spray and rain, even with windscreen wipers, as well as from glare at night.
The Case for the Open Bridge | Proceedings - January 1944 Vol.
Instead of the traditional pilot-house flanked by wings that constitute destroyer bridges you find a steering station resembling a conning tower with an open bridge immediately on top.
Why closed bridges on USN DDs? | Aircraft of World War II
2019年10月21日 · Then in 1947 began the design of the conversion of the first WW2 era destroyers to dedicated AS frigates - the Type 15 with its enclosed bridge. That programme saw 23 R/T/U/V/W converted between Nov 1949 & May 1957 plus 2 RCN & 4 RAN ships.
List of World War II vessel types of the United States
This is a List of World War II vessel types of the United States using during World War II. This list includes submarines, battleships, minelayers, oilers, barges, pontoon rafts and other types of water craft, boats and ships. As of 2014 this list is not complete.
The Armoured Conning Tower on Battleships - Navy General …
2019年5月1日 · Most warships carried both a bridge and a conning tower. However, the bridge was not armoured, though it was often larger and more spacious. For this reason, the ship was generally commanded from the bridge when not in combat. When …
Building a Bridge of Ships: Fairfield Shipyard
Shortly after noon on September 7, 1942, some 20,000 workers and guests gathered alongside Way 12 at Bethlehem Steel’s Fairfield shipyard to witness an ancient ceremony.
The Bridge That Defeated Hitler: The Legacy of the Bailey Bridge
2019年10月25日 · World War II and beyond: the lasting legacy of the Bailey bridge . It is no hyperbole to describe the Bailey bridge as an engineering marvel. It was light, and soldiers could assemble it within 24-hours. The bridge could support even the heaviest tanks for over a …
Why did the Royal Navy persist with open bridges for so long?
2018年3月7日 · Some ships had a pilot house or partially closed bridge, with open bridge wings, like this Flower corvette. On larger ships the real work of fighting the ship was not conducted from the bridge but from the gun plot, later the operations room.
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