For the month of November, "Rainier" anchored in Hong Kong, providing hotel services to USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) and participated in a relief project: "Helping Hands Home for the Elderly." "Rainier" anchored in Singapore, participating in a relief project: "Christian School for the Mentally Handicapped." Towards the end of November, fuel was onloaded in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). "Rainier" conducted several FAS's with US, United Kingdom and New Zealand ships before a brief inport period at Muscat, Oman - where "Rainier" provided hotel services for USS Stump (DD-978).