Laid down on 24 November 1941 by the Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, launched on 28 March 1942, and commissioned on 31 August 1942.

She departed Norfolk, Virginia on 13 June for the Mediterranean, arriving as escort for a convoy at Bizerte, Tunisia on 23 July.

On the last day of the month she got underway for Salerno, arriving on 4 August after delivering a convoy to Naples en route.

PC-1593 was decommissioned on 17 December 1945 at Jacksonville, Florida; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 16 September 1946, and sold to the Cornelius Kroll Co., Houston, Texas.

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