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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.
Naval Base Guam is a strategic U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor and occupying the Orote Peninsula. In 2009, it was combined with Andersen Air Force Base to form Joint Region Marianas, which is a Navy-controlled joint base. The Ship Repair Facility, Guam, was located next to Naval Base Guam, along Apra Harbor.
USS Guam (LPH-9), was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, and was laid down by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 15 November 1962; launched on 22 August 1964, sponsored by Mrs. Vaughn H. Emory Green, and commissioned on 16 January 1965.
It was a successful operation. Six months and numerous smaller operations later, the Victory ship Baton Rouge Victory was salvaged on the Long Tau River, South Vietnam. The Baton Rouge Victory was the first American vessel sunk in the Saigon ship channel. [2]" A large-scale operation ensued: the tender, the Subic staff, an all support personnel ...
Everett Ship Repair, Everett, Washington Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock , Newark, New Jersey (1917–1949) Fore River Shipyard , Quincy, Massachusetts (1901–1964)
USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) was a destroyer tender, the first of her class, and designed to be a floating repair shop for ships of the U.S. Navy either in port or at sea. The vessel was named for Samuel Gompers, a distinguished American labor leader during the late nineteenth century.
The ship spent the next month in port preparing for regular overhaul. On 26 September she entered drydock at the Dillingham Shipyard. Undocked on 14 November, the salvage tug moved to the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard to complete the overhaul. Brunswick completed the repair period on 26 May 1978 but did not resume active service until 26 June ...
Apache left Guam on 3 August 1944 and served in the Tulagi area for two weeks before beginning repairs alongside a repair ship at Nouméa on 20 August 1944. She operated out of Nouméa through late September 1944 and departed for Auckland , New Zealand, on 23 October 1944.