Aircraft Carrier Story
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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.
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#2:
Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision.
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#1:
This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.
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#2:
No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.
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#1:
THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!
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#2:
This is a lighthouse. Your call.
If you missed the train I’m on you will know that I am gone
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
