Supposedly a true incident
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US ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. Canadians: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. US ship: This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course. Canadians: No. I say again, you divert your course! US ship: This is the aircraft carrier USS Missouri; we are a large warship of the US Navy. Divert your course now!! Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
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US ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. Canadians: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. US ship: This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course. Canadians: No. I say again, you divert your course! US ship: This is the aircraft carrier USS Missouri; we are a large warship of the US Navy. Divert your course now!! Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
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US ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. Canadians: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. US ship: This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course. Canadians: No. I say again, you divert your course! US ship: This is the aircraft carrier USS Missouri; we are a large warship of the US Navy. Divert your course now!! Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
Not a real incident, Urban Myth and VERY VERY OLD. This was flying about when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, I think I first saw it in about 1984.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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US ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. Canadians: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. US ship: This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course. Canadians: No. I say again, you divert your course! US ship: This is the aircraft carrier USS Missouri; we are a large warship of the US Navy. Divert your course now!! Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
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US ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. Canadians: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. US ship: This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course. Canadians: No. I say again, you divert your course! US ship: This is the aircraft carrier USS Missouri; we are a large warship of the US Navy. Divert your course now!! Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
Re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-post, at least.
me, me, me "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!" Larry Niven
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Not a real incident, Urban Myth and VERY VERY OLD. This was flying about when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, I think I first saw it in about 1984.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Ha, that was before I was born, So it's new to me!
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US ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. Canadians: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. US ship: This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course. Canadians: No. I say again, you divert your course! US ship: This is the aircraft carrier USS Missouri; we are a large warship of the US Navy. Divert your course now!! Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
The USS Missouri is a battleship, not an aircraft carrier. Good try though.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind