Following is the transcript of the actual radio conversation of a US Naval Ship with the Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995.

Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95

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.

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 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, I say again, that's one five degrees North, or countermeasures will be undertaken to ensure the safety of this ship.

Canadians:

We are a lighthouse. Your call.