The Lighthouse
There was this story when I was still connected to the NGO. We were facilitating a seminar in Zambales on Turtle Conservation and some relevant issues like the restoration of Capones Island Lighthouse. Somebody who's name and face I cannot remember brought out this story while we were resting at the beach. Although the storyteller has vouched for it's authenticity, I still believe this one is to good to be true.
The following is believed to be a transcript of the actual radio
conversation of a US Naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast
of Newfoundland:
CANADIANS: Please divert your course 15 degree to the South to avoid a collision...
AMERICANS: Recommend you divert your course 15 degree to the North to avoid a collision...
CANADIANS: You will have to divert your course 15 degree 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... 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 COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP...
CANADIANS: This is a LIGHTHOUSE, over...
CANADIANS: Please divert your course 15 degree to the South to avoid a collision...
AMERICANS: Recommend you divert your course 15 degree to the North to avoid a collision...
CANADIANS: You will have to divert your course 15 degree 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... 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 COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP...
CANADIANS: This is a LIGHTHOUSE, over...
