1st March 1942 – the Clemson class destroyer USS Edsall is underway toward the last-known position of the oiler, USS Pecos. But as shells begin to splash in the water around her, the captain of the Edsall comes to a stark realisation. He has accidentally run into the entire Kido Butai, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s elite carrier striking force. Edsall must flee under heavy fire from Japanese battleships and cruisers.