USS Everglades (AD-24)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Everglades |
| Builder: | Todd Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California |
| Launched: | 28 January 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 25 May 1951 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 August 1970 |
| Struck: | 24 May 1989 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 4 September 1991 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Klondike-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement: | 8,165 long tons (8,296 t) light 11,755 long tons (11,944 t) full |
| Length: | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 8 in (21.23 m) |
| Draft: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines, 8,500 shp (6,338 kW) |
| Speed: | 18.4 knots (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph) |
| Complement: | 826 |
| Armament: | • 1 × 5"/38 caliber gun • 4 × 3"/23 caliber guns • 4 × 40 mm AA guns • 20 × 20 mm guns |
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.
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 January 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.
See also
References
- ↑ Melson, June 1967, p.36
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- "Everglades". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- "AD-24 Everglades". Service Ship Photo Archive. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- Melson, Lewis B., CAPT USN (June 1967). "Contact 261". United States Naval Institute Proceedings.
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