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USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7)
ex
 USS Rainier (AOE-7) (1995 - 2003)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Oscar - Echo
 NAOE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal - Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Supply Class Fast Combat Support Ship:
  • Laid down, 31 May 1990, at National Steel and Shipbuilding, Co., San Diego, CA.
  • Launched, 28 September 1991
  • Commissioned USS Rainier (AOE-7), 21 January 1995
  • Decommissioned, 29 August 2003 and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) the same day
    Specifications:
    Displacement 48,800 t.(fl)
    Length 754'
    Beam 107'
    Draft 40'
    Speed 25 kts.
    Complement
    USN 40 Officers, 35 Chief Petty Officers, 591 Enlisted
    MSC 176 civilian, 58 Navy (included helicopter det)
    Cargo Capacities
    19,700 t.
    Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM) 1,965,600 gallons
    JP-5 Fuel 2,620,800 gallons
    Lube Oil, 500 55 gallon drums
    Bottled Gas 800 bottles
    Ordnance Stowage 1,800 long tons
    Chill and Freeze Stowage 400 long tons
    Water 20,000 Gallons (Emergency Transfer)
    Underway Replenishment Systems
    one Receive-Only Sliding Padeye
    four 10 Ton Cargo Booms
    three Double-Probe Steam Fueling Stations
    two Single-Probe Steam Fueling Stations
    Aircraft three CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters
    Command and Control Communications
    AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
    AN/SPS-64(V)9 Navigation Radar
    MK 23 Target Acquisition System
    WRN-6 NAVSTAR GPS Satellite Navigation Receiver
    OMEGA Navigation Receiver
    MK 22 AIMS IFF
    Full Communications Suite
    Armament
    one NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System (NSSMS)
    two Close-In-Weapons System (CIWS)
    two 25MM Machine Guns
    four .50-Caliber Machine Guns
    one AN/SLQ-32(V)3 Electronic Warfare System,
    four Decoy Launchers
    one NIXIE (Torpedo Decoy System)
    Propulsion
    four LM-2500 Gas Turbine Engines (100,000 shp),
    two Reversing Reduction Gears (RRGs),
    four Reversing Converter Couplings (RRCs),
    two Shafts with 23-Foot Fixed-Pitch Propellers
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    Rainier 41k USS Rainier (AOE-7) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Rainier 189k USS Rainier (AOE-7) during a multiple-ship underway replenishment exercise, 7 June 1996, with the Australian frigate HMAS Sydney (FFG 03) and USCGC Sherman (WHEC 720) near the Hawaiian islands as part of RIMPAC '96.
    DOD photo # 960607-N-4704G-002 by Petty Officer 1st Class John Guzman.    		 Defense Link web site
    Rainier 97k USS Rainier (AOE-7) underway during fleet operations in the Eastern Pacific.
    US Navy photo # 970930-N-0000U-021.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Cowpens 486k USS Rainier (AOE-7), provides underway replenishment services for the USS Cowpens (CG-63), during operations in the Southern Pacific Ocean. The two ships were part of Kitty Hawk Battle Group during their 96-97 deployment to the Northern Arabian Gulf. Bill Gonyo
    Rainier 67k USS Rainier (AOE-7) moored to a buoy, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Rainier 59k USS Rainier (AOE-7) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Rainier 44k USS Rainier (AOE-7) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Rainier 65k USS Rainier (AOE-7) underway during a replenishment at sea, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Rainier 66k USS Rainier (AOE-7) underway during a replenishment at sea, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Rainier 61k USS Rainier (AOE-7) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Rainier 104k USS Rainier (AOE-7) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 USS Rainier (AOE-7) web site
    Rainier 20k USS Rainier (AOE-7) Welcome Aboard pamphlet cover. Jack Treutle
    USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7)
    Rainier 66k USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) moored pierside at Bremerton, WA., for her transfer ceremony from commissioned status to her new role with MSC, 29 August 2003. Photo by Larry Crutchfield. Bill Gonyo
    Rainier 3552k USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) moored pierside at Bremerton, WA., as BM3 Crystal Thompson takes in the number two mooring line in preparation for getting underway aboard guided missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG-86) at Naval Station Everett.
    US Navy photo # 040513-N-6477M-004 Naval Station Everett, Wash. (May 13, 2004) by PH2 Eli J. Medellin.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Rainier 303k The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) conducts an underway replenishment (UNREP) with USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7), 22 November 2004. Benfold and Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9) are currently deployed to the Western Pacific. Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9) is the first to be used in the Surge Role in support of the Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Response Plan..
    US Navy photo # 041122-N-4166B-006 Pacific Ocean (Nov. 22, 2004) by PHAN Jordon R. Beesley.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Rainier 76k USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) in the Andaman Sea, 14 January 2005 - An MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, assigned to the "Gunbearers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eleven (HC-11), transports cargo from Rainier. The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group is/was operating in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Thailand and Indonesia in support of Operation Unified Assistance.
    US Navy photo # 050114-N-1229B-025 by PHAN Airman Patrick M. Bonafede.    		 Jack Treutle
    Rainier 264k Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65), stand-by to conduct an underway replenishment (UNREP) with USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7), 3 January 2005. Benfold is assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group, currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand in support of Operation Unified Assistance.
    US Navy photo # 050102-N-9079D-317 Indian Ocean (Jan. 2, 2005) by PHAN Ronald Dallatorre.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Rainier 84k
    USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) during an underway refueling of USS Ardent (MCM-12), 4 April 2006, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 DC1(SW/SS) David Johnston, USNR, MCM Crew Implicit
    Rainier 1130k
    USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) conducts a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85). All three ships are assigned to the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, which is conducting maritime security operations in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
    US Navy photo # 060520-N-7130B-135 Persian Gulf May 20, 2006, PH3 Aaron Burden.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Rainier 96k USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) pulls alongside USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7), 24 June 2006 in the Pacific Ocean for weapons unload. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are underway in the Western Pacific operating area.
    US Navy photo # 060624-N-9898L-023 by PHAN Airman Geoffrey Lewis.    		 Lee Wahler
    Rainier 96k USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) conducts a replenishment at sea (RAS) with nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68), 12 April 2007. Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is deployed is support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO).
    US Navy photo # 070412-N-5484G-171 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 12, 2007) by MCSN Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong.    		 Douglas Brown
    Rainier 84k USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) conducts a replenishment at sea (RAS) with nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and guided missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90), 5 May 2007. Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is deployed is support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO).
    US Navy photo # 070505-N-0890S-048 INDIAN OCEAN (May 5, 2007) by MCSA David L. Smart.    		 Douglas Brown
    Rainier 399k USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, CA., in January 2008. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Rainier 1040k The Republic of Singapore Navy guided-missile frigate RSS Steadfast (FFG-70) comes alongside USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) during a simulated refueling at sea, 15 April 2008. Rainier and other ships assigned to Carrier Strike Group 9 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
    US Navy photo # 080415-N-7981E-582 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 15, 2008) by MC2 James R. Evens    		 Lee Wahler
    Rainier 873k USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) conducts a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), 27 April 2008. Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 are on a seven-month deployment to the 5th fleet area of responsibility.
    US Navy photo # 080427-N-9450M-191 INDIAN OCEAN (April 27, 2008) by MC3 Johndion Magsipoc    		 Lee Wahler
    Rainier 142k USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) moored pierside at NAS North Island, San Diego, CA., circa 2009. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
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