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.

The floating drydock supported Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine maintenance at Guam for over forty years.

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.

On January 28, 2016, local tugboats and the 467-ton Philippine tug Rhocas began moving the drydock an operation that would take several days.

Coincidentally is same location for the Zero KM Bataan Death March Marker Qualified Richland personnel were eligible for the following: