Keywords: USS Shoup (DDG 86) tows a dhow.jpg 080506-O-9999X-002 GULF OF ADEN May 06 2008 The guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup DDG 86 tows the 15-meter dhow Dunia after the boat experienced engine problems leaving it unable to operate at sea The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha T-AO 196 and Shoup responded to the ship in distress the boat to Yemeni territorial waters where it was met by a Yemeni tug Kanawha and Shoup also provided the dhow's crew with food water and medical support Coalition forces have a longstanding tradition of helping mariners in distress by providing medical assistance engineering assistance as well as search and rescue http //www news navy mil/management/photodb/photos/080506-O-9999X-002 jpg from http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 58340 2008-05-06 U S Navy photo Released USS Shoup DDG-86 Ships in distress Wooden vessels in Gulf of Aden PD-USGov-Military-Navy |