In a Norwegian glacier during the Second World War a Nazi officer makes an extraordinary discovery - the most legendary ship of all time . . . Sixty years later Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon - a top-secret, state-of-the-art military vessel disguised as a heap of junk - reap the terrible rewards of this find. In the Persian Gulf they encounter a cruise ship full of dead and dying. As Cabrillo attempts a rescue, the stricken liner erupts into a fireball.