In
the Navy!
This is the transcript of an ACTUAL radio conversation of a
US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October,
1995.
Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95.
Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid
a collision. Canadians: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees
to the South to avoid a collision.
Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert
YOUR course. Canadians: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course
Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS MISSOURI, WE ARE A LARGE
WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW! Canadians: This is
a lighthouse. Your call.
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