 "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, Captain Thomas M. Brown commanding.