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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. ------------------------------------------------------------
>2: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to 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.
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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.
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