US Navy - Fact or Fiction ?

 

I read today of this supposedly actual radio conversation released by the US

Chief of Naval Operations, on 10 October 1995...

 

Navy: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid collision.

Civilian: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees south to avoid collision.

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

Civilian: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Navy: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE. WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW !

Civilian: This is a lighthouse. Your call.