This is the transcript of the actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995.
Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees the South to avoid a collision.
Americans: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees North to avoid a collision.
Canadians: Negative. You will have to 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, I SAY AGAIN, 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.
2007-03-17 10:10:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
That's a joke, dude. You didn't really believe it, did you? My brother was on the USS Abraham Lincoln, by the way.
2007-03-17 10:15:07 · answer #1 · answered by pookiemct07 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That really happened. Fun times.
2007-03-17 10:18:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
aint that typical of bully yanks,im english and im liking them less each day
2007-03-17 10:26:51 · answer #3 · answered by rebel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that is very funny!!!
2007-03-17 10:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by pigletsam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋