Task Force 153. For its inaugural patrol, the command ship USS Mount Whitney was periodically joined by Egyptian frigate ENS Alexandria, autonomous US systems, a P8-A maritime patrol aircraft, HMS Montrose, RFA Lyme Bay, guided-missile destroyers USS Gonzalez and USS Fitzgerald, as well as fast transport ship USNS Choctaw County and USCGC Charles Moulthrope, Pakistan navy frigate PNS Aslat (F 254), Royal navy of Oman patrol vessel Al-Shinas (Z 21).