Radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities

[Hatchback kid]

This is supposed to be the transcript of an actual radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. The Radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on Oct. 10, 1995.

- Please change your direction 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

- Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision.

- This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.

- No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.

- THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!

- This is a lighthouse. Your call.

[Carl]

http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp

[plattner01]

wow , that is too funny

[Mustard]

well, IM not sure if thats funny or just sad

[Dipstick]

Believe it or not when I was on that ship we were in the persian gulf in 1998 and we were cruising along and I was on the flight deck doing some night time maintence on one of our planes and the boat rolled to the left real hard and all of a sudden the deck lit up like we were in a city and about a quarter mile off of our right side was an oil rig. They found out the watchman and the officer of the deck were playing cards and had the ship on cruise control and no one at the wheel.