This was a conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in late 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 a 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 US LINCOLN, the second largest ship in the United States Atlantic Fleet. We are accompanied with three Destroyers, three Cruisers and numerous support vessels. I DEMAND that you change your course 15 degrees north. I say again, that's one-five degrees north, or counter-measures will be undertaken to ensure the safety of this ship.














Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

Did you get this by email? I swear I heard different versions of this story.

Not to mention it doesn't seem realistic in any sense.

I dunno, my gf sent it to me. How is the version you read?

Haha, the sad part is, we would probably still fire on the lighthouse. Claim they had WMDs.

I found this amusing, even if it didn't really happen.

If it was true, I'd say that the canadians were bein' dicks. Not very good communication.

Or the Americans were being arrogant XD

First google result, even..:carl:

But...

I've heard that before too, but it wasn't 'canadians and americans'. Someone politicized it for no apparent reason.

haha, that's awesome.

Haha, Impi.

impi FTW.



This also made me lawl.

first time I read it was in a joke book, with it written as a joke.

I like this version better:

Another (actual) radio conversation:

I've heard this story many times with many different variations.
I don't know if it ever really happened or not, but if it did it would've been over a decade ago.

I think we've established by this point in the thread that it did not indeed ever happen.

USS Abraham Lincoln was in the Persian Gulf in late 1995.

Why do you spend so much time tracking these insignificant little facts down?

Because he's Jon`C.

Why do you care?

Because its an unfortunate tale. You see, "facts" and "Obi_Kwiet" never got along. Even as children.