Everglades was decommissioned in August 1970 at Charleston, S.C.; struck from the Naval Register, 24 May 1989, and laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia where she was used as a support ship. Everglades was transferred to MARAD, 2 July 1990 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
The USS Everglades was retired from service in August 1970 at Charleston, South Carolina; officially removed from naval records on May 24, 1989, and placed into reserve at the Philadelphia facility, where it functioned as a support ship. The vessel was subsequently transferred to MARAD on July 2, 1990, for storage in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.