Re: [Paddlewise] Canadian marine humour... :)

This is an urban legend that has been going around for years. I became aware
of it again when the British kayaking magazine Canoeist published a version
of it where it was the aircraft carrier USS Missouri.  Here is the E-mail I
sent to them:

I have been catching up on your magazine and got a good laugh about the
short piece in your May 1998 issue (page 14) but not for the expected
reasons.  The USS Missouri is a retired battleship (the treaty with Japan
ending W.W.II was signed on her decks) not an aircraft carrier. I think you
owe the U. S. Navy an apology for publishing this old fable without checking
it out.
I knew I had heard the story before and I found it again today at
www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/lighthse.htm an Urban Legends website. You
might want to check it out.
I haven't seen about one-half the Canoeist issues since then so I hope
somebody pointed this out before now and you published their letter.
Matt Broze
Mariner Kayaks
www.marinerkayaks.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Natalie Wiest <wiestn_at_tamug.tamu.edu>
To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 7:50 AM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Canadian marine humour... :)


>One of my Canadian marine science library buddies sent this to me. Thought
you all would enjoy it too, if you haven't seen it already. What's missing
in this picture? I wonder what GPS system was in use. Natalie
>
>===
>The transcript of an ACTUAL radio conversation of a US Navy ship with
Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. Radio
conversation released by the Chief of Naval operations, October 10,1995.
>
>Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a
collision.
>Americans: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North to
avoid collision.
>
>Canadians: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the
South to avoid a collision.
>Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR
course.
>
>Canadians: No, I say again, you divert YOUR course.
>Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST
SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES 92 ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE
DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU
CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY AGAIN, THAT IS ONE FIVE DEGREES
NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS
SHIP.
>
>Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
>
>===
>
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