14 February 1992, Tarantul I class corvette USNS Hiddensee was commissioned into the United States Navy. She served in the East-German Volksmarine as Rudolf Egelhofer from 1985-1990 and the German Navy as 'Hiddensee' (P6166) from 1990-1991, before being transferred to the USN for evaluation at the Naval Air Warfare Center at Solomons, Maryland. She was removed from service in April 1996, and joined the Battleship Cove fleet on 14 June 1997.
USNS Hiddensee at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
