Famous marine painter, laureate of the USSR Ministry of Defense Vyacheslav Marchenko captivatingly talks about the single ocean voyage of the large anti-submarine ship Gangut. The author traces the difficult fate of the crew members, problems of morality, honor, military duty. The novel is filled with the romance of the sailors' struggle with the insidiousness of the sea element, the breath of the ocean winds. The book is designed for a wide range of readers.