Uhlmann was named for Ensign Robert William Uhlmann, killed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay on 7 December 1941. She commissioned on 22 November 1943 and spent the Pacific war in the screen of the fast carriers, the ordinary and dangerous work of plane guard, radar picket, and anti-aircraft fire. She was in Tokyo Bay for the surrender on 2 September 1945. Seven battle stars. She decommissioned on 14 June 1946.
Brought back on 23 May 1950, she reached Korean waters in the summer of 1951 under Commander P. A. Lilly. She screened Task Force 77, then joined the blockade force and bombarded the coast. Off Wonsan a shore battery took her under fire. Shell fragments carried away a radio antenna before she was ordered out of range. Lilly received the Bronze Star. Two Korean battle stars, then five more for Vietnam. She decommissioned in July 1972 and was sold for scrap on 21 March 1974.