| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Richland |
| Namesake: | named for the city of Richland, Washington, site of the Hanford atomic energy research and production plant |
| Builder: | Chicago Building & Iron Co., Eureka, California |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | date unknown |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 1944, as USS YFD-64 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 June 1946, at Guam |
| In service: | 1 January 1947 |
| Out of service: | c. 22 August 1997 |
| Renamed: | Richland, 6 April 1968 |
| Reclassified: | AFDM-8, 1 August 1946 |
| Struck: | 22 August 1997 |
| Fate: | transferred to the local redevelopment authority in Guam on 6 April 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | AFDM-3-class medium auxiliary floating drydock |
| Displacement: | 8,000 tons |
| Length: | 622' |
| Beam: | 124' |
| Draft: | 6’ |
| Propulsion: | no engine; must be towed |
| Speed: | varied with tow conditions |
| Complement: | 4 Officers, 146 Enlisted |
| Armament: | during the war: two 40mm and four 20mm machine guns |
USS Richland (YFD-64/AFDM-8) was an AFDM-3-class medium auxiliary floating drydock built in California for the U.S. Navy. Originally named USS YFD-64, she was towed to the Philippine Islands and Guam where she served until war's end.
In 1946 she was placed back into service to support submarine maintenance at Guam for the next forty years.
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The second ship to be so named by the Navy, Richland (AFDM-8) was built by the Chicago Building & Iron Co., Eureka, California, and commissioned as YFD-64 on 28 November 1944.
Drydock YFD-64 remained on the west coast until 15 December 1944 when she was towed to Pearl Harbor. On 25 January 1945 she was towed into Eniwetok and then on to Ulithi. She was next towed to San Pedro Bay where she worked until November when she was towed to Guam. She decommissioned there on 8 June 1946.
YFD-64 was redesignated AFDM-8 on 1 August 1946, placed in service at Guam on 1 January 1947. The floating drydock supported Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine maintenance at Guam for over forty years. She was named Richland on 6 April 1968.
The drydock was struck from the Navy List on 22 August 1997 and transferred to the local redevelopment authority in Guam on 6 April 1999.
Qualified Richland personnel were eligible for the following: