Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Checking a 3,500-ton claim for Hood's conning tower

The figure is rejected as implausible. It is compared with roughly two Tribal-class destroyers and more than an Iowa-class main turret, but no corrected weight is supplied.

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Question

Did Hood's conning tower weigh 3,500 tons?

Short answer

The figure is rejected as implausible. It is compared with roughly two Tribal-class destroyers and more than an Iowa-class main turret, but no corrected weight is supplied.

Notes

A weight of 3,500 tons is treated with strong scepticism. The objection is that even Hood's whole superstructure is unlikely to have weighed that much. For scale, the figure is compared with roughly two Tribal-class destroyers. It is also said to exceed the weight of a complete Iowa-class main turret. The actual conning-tower weight remains unresolved.