Conning Tower?

Jeffg · 02-28-07, 09:26 AM

I have seen views of the control room but I see that the conning tower is also in the sim but have seen no views yet.I was wondering if any have been previewed yet and if so where?
Jeff

Subnuts · 02-28-07, 09:50 AM

I don't know where you've been, but I've a few shots of the conning tower... :hmm:

Jeffg · 02-28-07, 01:17 PM

Thank you for those screenshots but can I ask a stupid question?I have been on 5 different fleet boats from the Bowfin in Pearl to the Torsk in Baltimore and have many different books and I can not find a picture of a conning tower with a WTD in the tower just the hatch to the control room and the hatch to the bridge.I want to ask am I missing something?There are some boats that have a hatch from the foward area of the bridge to the foward gun platform but that is a open area not part of the conning tower.
JeffG

Hackett · 02-28-07, 03:36 PM

Jeff is absolutely right, and until now i never gave it a second thought. Going back and remembering the USS COD walk-around. there is no second WTD in the face of the tower. Only the vertical access hatch to the bridge. (Looking at the 1st pic in thread.)

Saying that, there were two main manufacturers building US fleet boats, and there were distinct design differences, and we do not actually "Know" which sub the pics are modelled from.

Nightmare · 02-28-07, 04:14 PM

The top picture is taken from this site: http://www.marinesims.de/site/silent...-4/sh4-34.html. I guess it's a shot of a Porpoise class conning tower, not a Gato or Balao.

The only real question I have with some of the conning tower and control room screens shots was I thought the helm was in the conning tower?

Hackett · 02-28-07, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Nightmare

The top picture is taken from this site: http://www.marinesims.de/site/silent...-4/sh4-34.html. I guess it's a shot of a Porpoise class conning tower, not a Gato or Balao.

The only real question I have with some of the conning tower and control room screens shots was I thought the helm was in the conning tower?

You are correct. However! The main steering was in the conning tower. The emergency helm is located in the control room below.

02-28-07, 09:26 AM	#1
Jeffg Exec Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ponte vedra beach,fl Posts: 249 Downloads: 1654 Uploads: 0	Conning Tower? I have seen views of the control room but I see that the conning tower is also in the sim but have seen no views yet.I was wondering if any have been previewed yet and if so where? Jeff

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02-28-07, 09:50 AM	#2
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I don't know where you've been, but I've a few shots of the conning tower... :hmm:

02-28-07, 01:17 PM	#3
Jeffg Exec Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ponte vedra beach,fl Posts: 249 Downloads: 1654 Uploads: 0	Thank you for those screenshots but can I ask a stupid question?I have been on 5 different fleet boats from the Bowfin in Pearl to the Torsk in Baltimore and have many different books and I can not find a picture of a conning tower with a WTD in the tower just the hatch to the control room and the hatch to the bridge.I want to ask am I missing something?There are some boats that have a hatch from the foward area of the bridge to the foward gun platform but that is a open area not part of the conning tower. JeffG

02-28-07, 03:36 PM	#4
Hackett Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 60 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	Jeff is absolutely right, and until now i never gave it a second thought. Going back and remembering the USS COD walk-around. there is no second WTD in the face of the tower. Only the vertical access hatch to the bridge. (Looking at the 1st pic in thread.) Saying that, there were two main manufacturers building US fleet boats, and there were distinct design differences, and we do not actually "Know" which sub the pics are modelled from.

02-28-07, 04:14 PM	#5
Nightmare Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 210 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The top picture is taken from this site: http://www.marinesims.de/site/silent...-4/sh4-34.html. I guess it's a shot of a Porpoise class conning tower, not a Gato or Balao. The only real question I have with some of the conning tower and control room screens shots was I thought the helm was in the conning tower?