A gang of thugs hijack an oil tanker and are prepared to kill the crew who are taken hostage. Among the hijackers is an expert marksman and in hurricane conditions the authorities are not confident that the local coastguard marksmen have the ability to take out the hijackers. With the tanker about to leave US waters, where their jurisdiction ends and the hostages will no longer be needed, they hire Golgo 13 to take clean house.
リバプールに向かう輸送船DEXYがシージャックされた。犯人たちの目的は原油で、彼らは乗組員を人質に国外逃亡を企てる。フラナガンから犯人殺害を依頼されたゴルゴだが、犯人たちの中には凄腕の狙撃手が待ち構えていた。