U.S. Sailors, with the visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided missile frigate USS Taylor (FFG 50), operate a rigid hull inflatable boat while towing the disabled Yemeni fishing dhow Nahda in the Gulf of Aden May 20, 2012. The dhow was deemed inoperable due to loss of its engine. Taylor is assigned to Commander, NATO Task Force 508 supporting Operation Ocean Shield, which is NATOs contribution to international efforts to protect merchant traffic from pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa.