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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. Reprinted in the Memorial University campus paper. Enjoy.

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Actual radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations, 10-10-95.

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#1.

Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

#2.

Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

#1.

This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course.

#2.

No. I say again, you divert your course.

#1

This is the aircraft carrier USS Missouri, we are a large warship of the US Navy. Divert your course now!

#2.

This is a lighthouse. Your call.

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