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.
This is not a joke.
**** Radio conversation released by the Chief of US 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 LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP. | |
Canadians: | This is a lighthouse. Your call. |