"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).The month of December found "Rainier" transiting the Strait of Hormuz; anchoring at Bahrain; conducting FAS and CONSOL's; loading fuel at Jebel Ali, UAE; transiting the Strait of Hormuz; conducting FAS's; and on Christmas, loading fuel in Fujairah; re-transiting the Strait of Hormuz to conduct FAS's; and, anchoring on New Year's Eve with the SAG.