U.S. Navy communications

[Gino]

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.

[Wayne Davy]

Nice one Gino. I have heard this before and assured that is True!

[DavidG]

Urban myth
See http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm

Been doing the rounds for ~40 years, with different ships.

[Keith Jeeves]

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?"