U.S. forces disabled a commercial cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday after it left an Iranian port and ignored repeated warnings, U.S. Central Command said. An aircraft fired at the stern of the St. Kitts-flagged M/V Huda after U.S. forces directed its crew to clear the area being targeted.

Central Command said the vessel tried several times to breach the blockade against Iran. Its statement did not give an injury count. The Gulf of Oman approaches the Strait of Hormuz, a passage used by ships carrying oil and other cargo from the Persian Gulf.

The U.S. military is also setting up Task Force Iron Gate, Reuters reported Saturday. The Tampa-based group will coordinate with other U.S. agencies to restrict the movement of weapons, sanctioned material and goods that have both civilian and military uses across Iran’s land borders and the Caspian Sea.

The ship strike was an enforcement action under the naval blockade. The new task force extends the effort to routes that ships patrolling the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman cannot reach.