Control
Room / Conning Tower
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The
next compartment on the virtual tour is the control room, the heart
of REQUIN (seen here, looking aft). Here, REQUIN's course and location
would be monitored or plotted on the chart table, seen in the center
of the photograph to the right. The bulbous object located just
beneath the chart table, is the ship's gyrocompass. REQUIN's bow
and stern planes were controlled by the two large green wheels seen
just to the right of the chart table. Located opposite the diving
planes station are the ballast manifolds, which controlled REQUIN's
depth and trim while she was submerged. Within the same compartment,
but located behind the partition at the rear of the photograph is
REQUIN's radio room. Now restored to operating condition, REQUIN's
radio room is now manned by members of a Pittsburgh area amateur
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Not
seen on a tour of REQUIN is the conning tower, which is located
above the control room. The photograph on the right shows the
view looking into the conning tower from the control room.
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Located in
the center of the conning tower are REQUIN's observation and attack
periscopes. In photograph on the left, the firing keys for the
six torpedo tubes can be seen, along with the torpedo data computer,
just past the firing panel.
The photograph
on the right shows the inside of REQUIN's conning tower, looking
forward.
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The
photograph at left shows a rather interesting view of Pittsburgh's
Point State Park, as seen through REQUIN's observation periscope.
This view can now be seen by visitors on REQUIN via a closed-circuit
TV monitor located in the control room.
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From the
conning tower (photograph at left), a ladder leads onto REQUIN's
bridge.
The photograph
at lower left shows a view, looking forward, towards the City
of Pittsburgh from REQUIN's bridge.
The photograph
at bottom right showing the view from REQUIN's bridge, looking
aft, down the Ohio River towards the West End Bridge.
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