USS Richland (YFD-64)

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'''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 Philippines 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.

==History== ===United States Navy=== ====Construction==== 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.

====World War II==== 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.

====Post-war reactivation and service==== ''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.

===Dispositioning at end of service=== 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.

===Transfer to the Philippines=== After its service with the U.S. Navy, Richland became an asset owned by Guam Shipyard. The drydock was reportedly bought from Guam Shipyard in January 2016 to an undisclosed buyer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dumat-ol Daleno|first1=Gaynor|title=Dry-dock leaves Guam for Philippines|url=http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2016/01/31/dry-dock-leaves-guam-philippines/79500876/|access-date=31 January 2016|publisher=Pacific Daily News|date=31 January 2016}}</ref> Richland was then moved to the Philippines. On January 28, 2016, local tugboats and the 467-ton Philippine tug Rhocas began moving the drydock an operation that would take several days.<ref>{{cite news|title=WWII-era drydock moving from Guam to Philippines|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/wwii-era-drydock-moving-from-guam-to-philippines-1.391147|access-date=29 January 2016|publisher=Stars and Stripes|date=28 January 2016}}</ref>

It was later reported that Philippine maritime service provider Harbor Star Shipping Services bought the floating drydock, and was also providing the towing from Guam to the Philippines.<ref>{{cite news|title=Money talks" under "Breakaway Pascual drug group fights new family feud amid funding pain|url=http://interaksyon.com/article/125103/breakaway-pascual-drug-group-fights-new-family-feud-amid-funding-pain|access-date=20 March 2016|publisher=Interaksyon.com|date=11 March 2016|quote=Listed Harbor Star Shipping Services has acquired a World War II-era floating dry-dock [USS Richland] in Guam...|archive-date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323063056/http://interaksyon.com/article/125103/breakaway-pascual-drug-group-fights-new-family-feud-amid-funding-pain|url-status=dead}}</ref>

October 2017 Currently waiting for repair, in RRYD, yacht and ship repair, AFAB, Mariveles, Bataan. Coincidentally is same location for the Zero KM Bataan Death March Marker

==Honors and awards== Qualified ''Richland'' personnel were eligible for the following: * American Campaign Medal * Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal * World War II Victory Medal * National Defense Service Medal

==References== {{Reflist}} * {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r6/richland-ii.htm}} * {{navsource|09/28/2808}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richland}} Category:Ships built in Eureka, California Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States Category:Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States Category:Floating drydocks of the United States Navy