fathometer in a sentence

Examples

1. It was subsequently determined that the cabling to the " Triton " s fathometer head, located in the bulbous forefoot of her bow, had not been properly insulated, and the constant buffeting from " Triton " s high speed caused these cables to rupture, rendering the fathometer inoperable.
2. On 11 December 1942, " S-33 " departed Dutch Harbor for San Diego where she provided services to the West Coast Sound School into February 1943, then underwent overhaul in which she received a fathometer, new radio, radar, keel-mounted sound equipment, and a new distilling unit.
3. On 4 February, " Tunny " set her course for junks plying the Formosa and Swatow banks at all hours added to the hazards imposed by shallow water, and an inoperable fathometer ( depthmeter ) made it impossible for " Tunny " to approach the shore closer than six miles ( 10 km ).