USS Everglades

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Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameUSS Everglades
Namesake Florida Everglades
Builder Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California
Launched28 January 1945
Commissioned25 May 1951
Decommissioned15 August 1970
Stricken24 May 1989
FateSold for scrapping, 4 September 1991
General characteristics
Class and typeKlondike-class destroyer tender
Displacement
  • 8,165 long tons (8,296 t) light
  • 11,755 long tons (11,944 t) full
Length492 ft (150 m)
Beam69 ft 8 in (21.23 m)
Draft27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
PropulsionGeared turbines, 8,500 shp (6,338 kW)
Speed18.4 knots (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph)
Complement826
Armament

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.

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Everglades was launched on 28 January 1945 by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 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.

Service history

Following shakedown and training exercises, Everglades transited the Panama Canal and arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, for duty with Destroyer Force Atlantic. She played a vital part in keeping the Navy ready, repairing Norfolk-based destroyers and servicing ships in the Caribbean or the Mediterranean where she made four extensive cruises through the end of 1960. Everglades removed aircraft wreckage from the Palomares Incident for dumping in the Atlantic. [1]

Everglades was decommissioned in August 1970 at Charleston, S.C.; struck from the Naval Register, 24 May 1989, and laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia where she was used as a support ship. Everglades was transferred to MARAD, 2 July 1990 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Sold, 4 September 1991 to A. L. Burbank Ship Brokers, Ft. Lee, NJ, for scrapping in Alang, India. Removed from Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Reserve Fleet, 14 December 1991. Arrived January 1992.

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References

  1. Melson, June 1967, p.36

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .