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High Seas Radio Conversation

Actual radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations, 10-10-95
#1:
Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.
#2:
Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to 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 ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!
#2.
This is a lighthouse. Your call.


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