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Photo # NH 77110:  USS F-3 underway off San Diego, California, circa 1912

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USS F-3 (Submarine # 22, later SS-22), 1912-1922.
Name changed from Pickerel while under construction

USS F-3, a 330-ton F-1 class submarine, was built at Seattle, Washington. Originally named Pickerel, she was renamed F-3 in November 1911, nearly two months before her launching, and entered commissioned service in August 1912. Except for a tour in Hawaiian waters between August 1914 and November 1915, she was employed along the West Coast for her entire career. F-3 was laid up "in ordinary" in March 1916 and returned to full commission in June 1917, a few months after the United States entered World War I. While operating in the Pacific off California on 17 December 1917, she collided with her sister, USS F-1, which sank rapidly. Though damaged, F-3 rescued survivors and made port. Repaired and returned to service, she was used for training from 1919 to 1922. Formally designated SS-22 in July 1920, USS F-3 was decommissioned in March 1922 and sold in August of that year.

This page features all the views we have related to USS F-3 (Submarine Number 22).


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Photo #: NH 77110

USS F-3
(Submarine # 22)

Underway off San Diego, California, circa 1912.
The original photograph was printed on a postal card postmarked from USS Alert, 2 February 1913.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 480 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 101606

Submarines alongside USS Cheyenne
(Monitor # 10)

At San Pedro, California, circa 1914-1916.
The submarines are (from left to right):
USS H-1 (Submarine # 28);
USS H-2 (Submarine # 29);
USS F-3 (Submarine # 22) and
USS H-3 (Submarine # 30).

Courtesy of H.R. ("Ed") Coffer, 1986

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 490 pixels

 
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-3 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

 


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