Collision Avoidance

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This is the transcript of an actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in Oct. 1995

#1 -- Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

#2 -- Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the 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 USS MISSOURI, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!

#2 -- This is a lighthouse. Your call.