Change Your Course Now
Added On Thursday, March 19, 2009 | In Military Jokes | By mohit
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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.

Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations on November 10, 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, 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.


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