> Here follows the transcript of a radio conversation between a US naval ship
> and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October '95.  This
> actually happened!
>

Well... not that it couldn't happen, in some form... and not that it
doesn't make a good yarn... but... it actually DIDN'T happen:

http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/lighthse.htm

Sorry to be the wet blanket!