Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da aka ba shi izini a shekara ta 2006, "Hessen" an tura shi tare da wasu jiragen ruwa na Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Jamus don tsare bakin tekun Mecklenburg a yayin taron kolin G8 na 33
a 2007, wanda aka gudanar a yankin. A shekara ta 2008 ta kasance wani ɓangare na Task Force na Maritime wanda aka tura don tallafawa Sojojin wucin gadi na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Lebanon. A ƙarshen shekara ta 2009 "Hessen" ya shiga cikin Ƙungiyar Harkokin Kasuwanci na Ƙungiyar Gabas ta Gabas ta Gabas ta Amurka, tare da kamfanin. A watan Maris na shekara mai zuwa ta kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar yaƙi. A watan Yuni "Hessen" ya wuce Suez Canal tare da sojojin Amurka kuma ya tura shi tare da Amurka Fifth Fleet.