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Change your course now
|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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