Your Call.
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.
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Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval
Operations 10-10-95.
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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
MISSOURI, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US
NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!
Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
Nothing but Jokes by
Nauman Faridi
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