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Dec 19, 2001, 7:18pm

I thought I just HAD to post this one, got me laughing enough, plus the
newsgroups need some lightening up eh?

This is the actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with 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 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.



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Dec 19, 2001, 7:54pm

1) The USS Lincoln isn't an aircraft carrier and sure as hell isn't the
second largest boat we got
2) Aircraft carriers are deep water vessels, the likelihood that they come
anywhere near a lighthouse anywhere except Norfolk on the Atlantic coast
would seem to be slim to none.
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Dec 19, 2001, 8:09pm

[View Quote] 3) Jokes do not necessarily have to be factual in every detail.

Welcome back, Wing.

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Dec 19, 2001, 8:10pm

That joke's changed hands so many times, that this version is probably
completely different from the original (if it ever even occurred in the
first place). Last I heard, it was a battleship, not a aircraft carrier,
and it was off Vancouver. :P

[View Quote] > 1) The USS Lincoln isn't an aircraft carrier and sure as hell isn't the
> second largest boat we got
> 2) Aircraft carriers are deep water vessels, the likelihood that they come
> anywhere near a lighthouse anywhere except Norfolk on the Atlantic coast
> would seem to be slim to none.
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Dec 19, 2001, 8:15pm

[View Quote] It most certainly is - USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)

>and sure as hell isn't the second largest boat we got

It most certainly is - the only US Naval ship that outclasses her by gross
tonnage is the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-75.)
Just for trivia, USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the longest US warship. Have a
look at the pointy end sometime, and see the little ramp that comes off one
of the bow catapults. She's about 11 feet longer than the Lincoln.

> 2) Aircraft carriers are deep water vessels, the likelihood that they come
> anywhere near a lighthouse anywhere except Norfolk on the Atlantic coast
> would seem to be slim to none.

You'd be surprised ;-)


Having said all that, this story *is* a really, really old urban legend.
However, the story of "Old Abe" interrupting the America's Cup race in San
Diego a few years ago is absolutely true!
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/year_in_review/sports/feb.html
Have a look at 4 February :-)

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Dec 19, 2001, 8:20pm

And sorry, wing, that post wasn't meant to sound as butt-hole-ish as it came
out ;-)

Dec 19, 2001, 9:30pm

Hrmm, it would seem my database was wrong. *spanks USN.dat*

Oh well, at least I'm not gonna lose points on that evil paper I'm doing for
social studies on facts and statistics about the US armed forces now.

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Dec 19, 2001, 9:32pm

[View Quote] 4) The joke was intended to "lighten up" the NGs, I couldn't resist the
oppertunity to slaughter it.

Dec 19, 2001, 9:36pm

If you have any questions I can help you with, gimme a shout!
(admin at hooverae.com.) I'll be happy to answer anything I actually know the
answer to LOL :D If you haven't seen any of my posts about it in the past,
I'm active duty Navy, and have a pretty solid perspective on the way things
are right now ;-)

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Dec 20, 2001, 3:30am

Now wait a minute... what about Old Abe and the America's Cup? There's got
to be video or at least a story of this somewhere, because I gotta see it.
:)

SW Chris

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Dec 21, 2001, 4:08am

The only link I've been able to dig up for it is that one from CNN
sports...but on February 4th, 1995, the Lincoln was coming back to San Diego
after a training cruise. Around or about San Clemente Island, due to a heavy
fog, they steamed right through the middle of the America's Cup race course,
causing the race to be postponed for a bit while they passed through.

It was all over the news out here when it happened, but strangely, it's hard
to find any references to it now. Probably one of those embarrassing
moments that the Navy wants to put behind 'em ;-)


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Dec 21, 2001, 4:12am

http://www2.mimer.no/~ivaknu01/maritime/images.html

Scroll down to "Pictures from the America's Cup 1995"

:-)

Dec 21, 2001, 4:15am

And one more...
http://www.skyboom.com/14flash/lincoln.html

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