USS Everglades (AD-24)

USS Everglades (AD-24)

USS Everglades (AD-24) was one of four Klondike class destroyer tenders built at the tail end of World War II for the United States Navy. The vessel was named for the Florida Everglades.

Everglades was launched on 28 January 1945 by the Todd Shipyard Corporation, San Pedro, California, sponsored by Mrs. Anne E. Richardson, and completed on 23 May 1946. Never commissioned, she was turned over to the San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet for inactivation on 15 May 1947. United States embroilment in the Korean War occasioned activation of Everglades, who commissioned for the first time on 25 May 1951, Captain Thomas M. Brown commanding.