Lookout (disambiguation)

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A lookout or look-out is a person on a ship in charge of the observation of the sea for hazards, other ships, land, etc..

Lookout may also refer to:

Observers and observation

• In aviation, the act of a pilot scanning the field of view for other aircraft which may pose a collision risk
• Fire lookout, a person assigned the duty to look for fire from atop a building known as a Fire lookout tower
• Overlook (also known as a lookout), an observation spot
• The Lookout (Springfield Township), summit in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Places

Arts, entertainment, and media

Ships

• Lookout (clipper), 1853 clipper ship in the San Francisco and West Coast lumber trades
• HMS Lookout, two British Royal Navy ships
• USS Lookout (YAGR-2), U.S. Navy radar picket ship

Sports

• Lookout (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Chattanooga Lookouts, a minor league baseball team

Other uses

• Lookout (architecture), a structural element used in roof framing
• Kykuit (Dutch for "Lookout"), the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, New York
• Lookout Air Raids, the minor but unique bombing air raid against US mainland during World War II

See also

• Look Out (disambiguation)
• Lookouts (disambiguation)