1940年,英国船只SS格伦凯恩号上的一众船员,正在为这艘船从西印度群岛到巴尔的摩再到英国的危险航行做准备。So men like Ole come and go,and the Driscolls live and die,and the Yanks and Smittys leave their memories-but for the others the long voyage never ends.