USS F-3

	USS F-3, ex-Pickerel, underway off San Diego, California, c. 1912
History
United States
Name	Pickerel
Namesake	A young pike fish
Builder	The Moran Company, Seattle, Washington
Cost	$469,588.17 (hull and machinery)
Laid down	17 August 1909
Launched	6 January 1912
Sponsored by	Mrs. M. F. Backus
Commissioned	5 August 1912
Decommissioned	15 March 1916
Recommissioned	13 June 1917
Decommissioned	15 March 1922
Renamed	F-3 (Submarine No.22), 17 November 1911
Identification	Hull symbol: SS-22 (17 July 1920); Call sign: NQB; ;
Fate	Sold, 17 August 1922
General characteristics
Class & type	F-class submarine
Displacement	330 long tons (335 t) surfaced; 400 long tons (406 t) submerged;
Length	142 ft 6 in (43.43 m)
Beam	15 ft 5 in (4.70 m)
Draft	12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
Installed power	780 hp (582 kW) diesel; 620 hp (462 kW) electric;
Propulsion	2 × NELSECO diesel engines; 2 × Electro Dynamic electric motors; 2 × 60-cell batteries; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) surfaced; 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) submerged;
Range	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced; 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged;
Test depth	200 ft (61 m)
Capacity	11,500 US gal (44,000 L; 9,600 imp gal) fuel
Complement	1 officers; 21 enlisted;
Armament	4 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes)

USS Pickerel/F-3 (SS-22), also known as "Submarine No. 22", was an F-class submarine in the United States Navy (USN). She was the first ship of the USN to be named for the pickerel, a young pike, though she was renamed F-3 prior to launching.