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Photo # NH 79745:  USS F-1 in a harbor, circa 1912

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USS F-2 (Submarine # 21, later SS-21), 1912-1922.
Name changed from Barracuda while under construction

USS F-2, a 330-ton F-1 class submarine built at San Francisco, California, was commissioned in June 1912. She had originally been named Barracuda, but was renamed F-2 in November 1911, prior to being launched. The submarine served in West Coast waters for her entire career, except for August 1914 through November 1915, when she was based at Honolulu, Hawaii. In September 1919 she was placed in commission, in reserve, for training purposes. Designated SS-21 in July 1920, when the Navy implemented its hull number system, USS F-2 was formally decommissioned in March 1922 and sold in August of that year.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS F-2 (Submarine Number 21).


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Photo #: NH 79745

USS F-2
(Submarine # 21)

In a harbor, circa 1912.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 495 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 93084

USS F-2
(Submarine # 21)

Underway in San Diego harbor, California, circa 1912-1914.

Collection of Hubert C. Rickert, courtesy of Daniel Rickert, 1981.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 40KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 79746

USS F-2
(Submarine # 21)

In drydock in 1914, with her sister F-1 (Submarine # 20) alongside.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 600 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 69797

USS F-2
(Submarine # 21)

Ready for launching at the Union Iron Works shipyard, San Francisco, California, 19 March 1912.
Note the number "22" mounted on the submarine's conning tower, her retractable bow planes, and the starry striped bunting on her lifelines.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 154KB; 740 x 615 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 54127

USS F-2
(Submarine # 21)

Invitation to her launching, held at the yard of her builder, the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, on 19 March 1912.

Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenhold, USN (Medical Corps), 1932.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 60KB; 560 x 765 pixels

Note:
The submarine image printed on this invitation is actually a view of USS Grayling (Submarine # 18).

 
Photo #: NH 84383

U.S. Submarines Number 20 through 23


General plans prepared by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, 18 June 1910. This sheet features inboard and outboard profile drawings.
These submarines were constructed by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California. Initially named Carp (Submarine # 20), Barracuda (Submarine # 21), Pickerel (Submarine # 22) and Skate (Submarine # 23), they were renamed F-1 through F-4 in November 1911, while under construction.

The original plan is in Record Group 19 at the U.S. National Archives.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 210KB; 1200 x 805 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 84382

U.S. Submarines Number 20 through 23


General plans prepared by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, 18 June 1910. This sheet features a table of dimensions, deck plans and hull section drawings.
These submarines were constructed by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California. Initially named Carp (Submarine # 20), Barracuda (Submarine # 21), Pickerel (Submarine # 22) and Skate (Submarine # 23), they were renamed F-1 through F-4 in November 1911, while under construction.

The original plan is in Record Group 19 at the U.S. National Archives.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 202KB; 1200 x 715 pixels

 


The following photographs show USS F-2 in the background of views of sister F-class submarines:

Photo #: NH 63259

Submarines and their crews at Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1914


These boats are (from front to back): USS F-4 (SS-23), USS F-2 (SS-21), USS F-3 (SS-22) and USS F-1 (SS-20).
The U.S. Army Transport Dix is in the background.
Note the "fish" flags and 13-star "boat" ensigns flown by these submarines.
Photographed by Noggle.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 295 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 92187

F-Class Submarines


At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, before World War I.
This view shows the bows of USS F-1 (Submarine # 20), USS F-2 (Submarine # 21) and USS F-3 (Submarine # 22).

Collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 475 pixels

 


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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