USS Echols (APB-37) is a Benewah-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.

[1] The ship was laid down on 11 August 1944, by the Boston Navy Yard and launched on 30 July 1945, sponsored by Miss Dorothy O'Brien.

[2][3] The ship was put into the inactive in commissioned status as Echols (APB-37) at Atlantic Reserve Fleet, 6th Naval District from January 1947 until 1961, where she was to Norfolk.

[2] The ship was sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, on 12 January 2003.

[4] Between April 2005 and August 2006, the ship was sold to Clean Waters of New York and has been in used since then as an indoor shop and floating office.