6/18/2017

USS Fitzgerald collided with a ....

Transcript of an exchange between a USS Fitzgerald and ship captain, off the coast of Japan yesterday. This radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations after the incident.
Americans: “Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.”
Ship Captain: “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.”
Ship Captain: “No, I say again, you divert YOUR course.”
Americans: “THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ABRAHAM 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.”
Ship Captain: “This is an ultra large crude oil tanker. Your call.

After landing American troops in the Philippines without the approval of Duterte, some Pinoys were very angry with the Americans....

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fake news.

Anonymous said...

It's a suicide tanker !!

rex said...

Fake news is not dangerous when people know it is fake. Chunleng is standing on a thin line, very irresponsible.

Anonymous said...

Only idiots like you cannot tell betw fake or real news. Dun blame uncle for your stupidity.

Anonymous said...

Hey RB, should change the last sentence of your joke. (It's a recycled old joke)

It's not a crude oil tanker.

It's actually a bulk container carrier. All the videos & photos showing it.

patriot said...


Very lucky for both
ships.
No fire broke out.
Otherwise, it would
have been far more
spectacular.


patriot

Virgo49 said...


Karma in.the works.

Remember Big Bullies also can get hurt.

That's why the Chinese always try to avoid conflicts

One mountain can be higher than the other.

You never know how yiur adversaries can beat you.

Anonymous said...

The original story was, 'I am a lighthouse.'

Anonymous said...

Rex, your stupidity is standing out in this blog. No one is as stupid as you to not know that this is joke. Only a stupid idiot like you would think it could be real. Go back to the corner and put on your dunce hat.