Gulf

Aboard the guided-missile frigate U.S.S. Turner Van Zandt Lieutenant-Commander Dan Lenson and his dedicated crew take on a daring assignment: escort a convoy of supertankers through the mine-filled Persian Gulf. For Lenson and his men however the danger is only just beginning. When a missile from a hit-and-run enemy sinks a U.S. destroyer every ship and aircraft in the area goes on red alert. As all hands prepare for the inevitable showdown with a hostile Middle Eastern nation Benjamin Shaker the destroyer''s hair-trigger captain plots his own secret form of revenge. If he isn''t stopped it could mean disaster for the entire Gulf region-- and maybe the world!