Who has the con?

Pearn-Rowe, Bernard S

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06930.x

On a United States submarine, the officer of the watch hands over responsibility at the end of a shift by asking his replacement, “Do you have the conn*?” And the relieving officer replies, “I have the conn.”1

College of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA.

Correspondence: bpearn-rowe@nd.edu.au

1. Court of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collision between USS Greeneville (SSN 772) and Japanese M/V Ehime Maru that occurred off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii on 9 February 2001. Available at: http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/greeneville/ussgrnvl041301rprt.pdf (accessed Jun 2005).

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