<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">The three remaining F-class submarines, most likely at Mare Island for inspection and repair, circa 1916. After the sinking of the F-4 the remaining F-class boats were ordered back to the mainland to be examined and overhauled before they would be permitted to dive again.
The right-hand submarine has had panels removed from both sides of its conning tower fairwater, exposing all the systems within it. She also has a deck plate propped up to access equipment within the superstructure.
[[File:3 F-boats.jpg|left|500px|3 Unidentified F Class Submarines c1916]]
The middle and left-hand submarines have had the superstructure removed over their engine mufflers and exhausts for some sort of maintenance.
The three remaining F-Class submarines, most likely at Mare Island for inspection and repair. After the sinking of the F-4 the remaining F-Class boats were ordered back to the mainland to be examined and repaired and overhauled before they would be permitted to dive again.
The right hand submarine has had panels removed from both sides of its conning tower fairwater, exposing all the systems with in it. She also has a deck plate propped up to access equipment with-in the superstructure.
<small>Photo courtesy of Mike Dilley, whose father, Homer "Pat" Dilley sailed aboard the USS F-2.</small>
The middle and left hand submarines have had the superstructure removed over their engine mufflers and exhausts for some sort of maintenance. We imagine that a combination of heat and saltwater was a recipe for corrosion.
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<small>Photo courtesy of Mike Dilley; whose Father, Homer 'Pat' Dilley sailed aboard the USS F-2. </small>
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[[File:F-class and Maryland.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class bows.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class drydock.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class moored together.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class nest 1.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class nest 2.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class newspaper 1.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class newspaper 2.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class one and four Alert.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class remaining three.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class three boats.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class two and three in drydock.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class two and three with Alert.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class under crane 2.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class under crane.jpg|left|500px]]
[[File:F-class with crew in whites.jpg|left|500px]]
Revision as of 20:01, 31 October 2023
The three remaining F-class submarines, most likely at Mare Island for inspection and repair, circa 1916. After the sinking of the F-4 the remaining F-class boats were ordered back to the mainland to be examined and overhauled before they would be permitted to dive again.
The right-hand submarine has had panels removed from both sides of its conning tower fairwater, exposing all the systems within it. She also has a deck plate propped up to access equipment within the superstructure.
The middle and left-hand submarines have had the superstructure removed over their engine mufflers and exhausts for some sort of maintenance.
Photo courtesy of Mike Dilley, whose father, Homer "Pat" Dilley sailed aboard the USS F-2.
