U.S. Navy, World War II, 1944–1945 After
shakedown and training,
Everett steamed north to
Adak,
Territory of Alaska, arriving there on 22 April 1944, and began 16 months of
patrol and escort duty in the
Aleutian Islands. Selected for transfer to the
Soviet Navy in
Project Hula – a secret program for the transfer of U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Navy at
Cold Bay, Alaska, in anticipation of the
Soviet Union joining the
war against Japan – she then proceeded to Cold Bay in the summer of 1945 and began training her new Soviet crew.
Soviet Navy, 1945–1949 Following the completion of training for her Soviet crew,
Everett was
decommissioned on 16 August 1945 at Cold Bay and transferred to the Soviet Union under
Lend-Lease immediately along with her
sister ships , , , , and . Commissioned into the Soviet Navy immediately,
Everett was designated as a
storozhevoi korabl ("escort ship") and renamed
EK-15 in Soviet service. She soon departed Cold Bay bound for
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Soviet Union, where she served as a patrol vessel in the
Soviet Far East. In February 1946, the United States began negotiations for the return of ships loaned to the Soviet Union for use during World War II. On 8 May 1947,
United States Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal informed the
United States Department of State that the
United States Department of the Navy wanted 480 of the 585 combatant ships it had transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use returned,
EK-15 among them. Negotiations for the return of the ships were protracted, but on 15 November 1949 the Soviet Union finally returned
EK-15 to the U.S. Navy at
Yokosuka,
Japan.
U.S. Navy, Korean War, 1950–1953 Reverting to her original name,
Everett was given an extensive
overhaul at Yokosuka, where she was recommissioned on 26 July 1950, for service during the
Korean War. Assigned to primary duty as
station ship at
Hong Kong, she also joined the
United Nations Blockading and Escort Force in operations off both coasts of
Korea. On 3 July 1951, while
bombarding Wonsan, North Korea,
Everett was hit by fire from a
shore battery; one man was killed and seven were wounded, but damage to the ship was light.
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1953–1976 On 10 March 1953,
Everett was decommissioned at Yokosuka and lent to
Japan, entering service with the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as .
Kiri was redesignated
PF-291 on 1 September 1957. The United States struck her from the
Navy List on 1 December 1961. She was reclassified as an "auxiliary stock craft" (YAC) and renamed
YAC-20 on 31 March 1970. Decommissioned on 1 October 1975, she was returned to the United States on 22 January 1976 for disposal and subsequently scrapped. ==Awards==