"Niedersachsen" participated in various international missions during her career. In October 1989 she and the destroyer "Rommel" and the supply ship "Coburg" visited Leningrad, the first German navy ships to visit a Soviet/Russian port for 77 years. "Niedersachsen" was frequently deployed to participate in NATO permanent monitoring missions in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, including Standing Naval Force Atlantic (SNFL) and Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (SNFM) in 1992. In 1995 "Niedersachsen" took part in the British-organised Joint Maritime Course, and was again part of Standing Naval Force Mediterranean in 1997. In March 1997 she was ordered into Albanian waters as part of Operation Libelle, the German-led evacuation of foreign nationals as the Albanian Civil War broke out. "Niedersachsen" operated off Durres during the evacuation, using her radar to monitor Albanian airspace. "Niedersachsen" was again part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic in 2000 and 2004. She deployed in 2004 to participate in the NATO exercise &lt;a href="Exercise%20Summer%20Pulse%23Operation%20Medshark/Majestic%20Eagle%202004"&gt;Medshark/Majestic Eagle&lt;/a&gt;, and in 2007 was attached to the maritime component of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.