periscope

Example Sentences

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A boat that resembles an army tank, complete with caterpillar tracks and a periscope, slides past us on the left, putting us dead last.

From Literature

Washington afterwards released what it said was periscope footage of the submarine firing on the ship, and an image of its hull almost vertical as it slipped below the surface.

From Barron's

Horne quotes contemporaries calling the headquarters “a submarine without a periscope”: a huge blunder when facing the Wehrmacht's speedy, flexible operational plans.

From Salon

The Normandie crew spotted its periscope poking through the waves and sprang into action.

From Seattle Times

You can sit at the controls and peer through periscopes in a submarine room removed from attack submarine USS Greenling.

From Seattle Times