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The Big Gun is the sixth produced episode and the seventeenth
broadcasted episode of the series Stingray.   A new vessel is
created by the under water people called the Solisters. The
vessel has the power to destroy an entire island and the crew of
Stingray must destroy it, before it destroys them.   Under the
sea a small vessel with a huge gun mounted on it, heads for a
tiny island. Inside one marine man called Meritamis fires at the
small island, destroying it completely.  He starts to head back
to his home called Solister. He docks and is given a medal for
his work by his leader. He is then told to start destroying the
west cost of America!  Commander Sam Shore is contacted by
Marineville HQ and told about three islands that have been
destroyed in the same area. Shore then orders Stingray to have a
look around the area.  The crew of Stingray find the Solister
vessel aiming at a sea dock. Stingray manages to fire at the
vessel before it destro