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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
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).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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