Station #1: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision. Station #2: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision. Station #1: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course. Station #2: No, I say again, you divert YOUR course. Station #1: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE. WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!! Station #2: This is the Puget Sound lighthouse. It's your call. * Actual radio transcript released by Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95 |
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