 "PC-565" was laid down by Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas on 14 August 1941 and launched on 27 February 1942, sponsored by Miss Jacqueline B. Perry.USS PC-565 was commissioned on 25 May 1942 with Lt. Walter T. Flynn in command.After shakedown off Florida, PC-565 engaged in anti-submarine warfare training, then performed convoy escort and patrol duty in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.