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8th April 2003, 10:03 PM #1Senior Member
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U.S. Navy communications
US Naval Communications
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.
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, T H AT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE
UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.
Canadians: We are a lighthouse. Your call.
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8th April 2003, 10:09 PM #2
Nice one Gino. I have heard this before and assured that is True!
Wayne
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9th April 2003, 09:23 PM #3DavidG Guest
Urban myth
See http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm
Been doing the rounds for ~40 years, with different ships.
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10th April 2003, 05:38 PM #4Novice
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Another story with a naval theme concerns a ship passing through the straits of Gibraltar during WW2. The naval station on Gib sent a message "What Ship?", the reply was "What Rock?"
Keith Jeeves
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