08/08/99

A radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities ...

Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid
a collision.

Canadians: Recommend you 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' Atlantic Fleet. We are accompanied
by three destroyers, three cruisers and numerous support vessels. I 
demand that you change your course 15 degrees north, 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.