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[northernwalker]

A reported transcript of a radio conversation off the coast of Newfoundland in 1997:

Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.

Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.

Americans: This is the captain of a US Navy warship. 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 U.S. NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

Comments

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure this story is older than 1997, as I believe I first heard it in the early '90s (from my BiL the Navy engineering officer) -- but it *has* to have happened at some point in the 20th century. It just *must* have.

[nostasia.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, no it didn't. It's a funny story, but not true: see Snopes' take on it. Sorry to be a stickler.