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 10-10-95 ********************************************************************* 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 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 ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW! Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call. *********************************************************************