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.

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.

United States embroilment in the Korean War occasioned activation of Everglades, who commissioned for the first time on 25 May 1951.

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.