Entry: Oldie but goodie Navy Joke Saturday, November 05, 2005



**The following is being transmitted around the Internet as an event that really took place, but it never happened. It is simply an old joke like those found in popular magazines:**

Believe it or not...this is the transcript of an actual radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. The Radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on Oct. 10, 1995.

US Ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.

CND reply: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

US Ship: This is the Captain of a US Navy Ship. I say again, divert your course.

CND reply: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course!

US Ship: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS CORAL SEA, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!!

CND reply: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

   6 comments

Charlie
November 20, 2005   07:23 PM PST
 
Its true I tell you I was the lighthouse keeper before they replaced me with machines.
Joe
December 3, 2005   12:19 AM PST
 
I remember hearing that one on the smoke deck, love it!!!
Mimi
March 6, 2006   03:28 PM PST
 
I am a navy wife and I have heard that joke plenty of times! :)
Bill
April 16, 2006   01:43 AM PDT
 
Ex Navy 62 yrs ago! I see the navy hasn't changed much. It's hard to avoid a lighthouse especially when
your ship (LST) large slow target is
getting shot at!
Bill
April 16, 2006   01:50 AM PDT
 
US Navy 61 years ago, It's always been tough missing a lighthouse, especially when your ship: (LST)large slow target is being shot at.
SN Davey Jones
August 20, 2007   04:58 AM PDT
 
Story's True....Was In Reader's Digest...Was My Captain On The Enterprise (CVN-65) At Least He Didn't Hit A Sandbar !

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