Hank Caldwell is a teenage boy who is running from a past full of heartache and is running straight into war. Hank's gloomy outlook on his life is driven by a reoccurring nightmare that has him convinced that his life will be short lived! Commander Robert Gage has been aboard the Battleship Oklahoma since her refit in 1927, but the end of his life on the old battleship doesn't end on December 7th, 1941, but instead continues as it brings Gage, Hank, and the old ship together, in what could spell disaster.