RIMPAC '96 maritime operations--USS Rainier (AOE 7)
Pacific Ocean (June 7, 1996). . . .The fast combat stores ship USS Rainier (AOE 7) demonstrates its ability to deliver the goods in a multiple-ship underway replenishment exercise on June 7, 1996, with the Australian frigate HMAS Sydney (FFG 03) and USCGC Sherman (WHEC 720) near the Hawaiian islands as part of RIMPAC '96.