This is a transcript of an ACTUAL radio communication between a
U.S. NAVY ship and Canadian authorities off the cost of
Newfoundland, October 1995. Radio log released by the Chief of
Naval Operations 10/10/95:
CANADIANS: Please divert your course 15 degrees South to avoid
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 U.S. Navy ship. I say again,
divert.
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.
