Capt. Matthew Yelland
Warren Lasky
Laurel Scott
Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Commander Dan Thurman
Senator Samuel Chapman
Black Cloud
Lt. Perry
Simura
Lt. Kajima
LCdr. Kaufman
Navy Doctor
Quartermaster
Cdr. Damon
Tideman's Assistant
Marine Cpl. Kullman
Bellman
Tideman's Bodyguard
LCdr. Moss
Helicopter Crewman
During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.