Hello Everyone:
This might be a little bit of the recomended topic of the ETS survival forum, but I found it to be of some value, since roumor control is something I value greatly.
I found a reference to the Lighthouse – Aircraft Carrier radio argument. Its supposed to be cited in Naval Institutes magazine "Proceedings" and the author is one Frank Koch. All of this I found in Stephen R Coveys; The seven habits of highly effective people. Page 26 (In the Swedish translation).
I dont know if this is correct but some out there might be able to verify this source? ...there is some truth behind every tale...
/Stefan, Sweden

I think I read the same on avweb on the short final section.

Burak

dunno, but i have read that thing 2, on http://combat-online.com/jokes.htm

www.snopes.com/http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm

It did appear in the US Naval Institutes magazine "Proceedings", and it was subsequently quoted by Covey in his book. However, it appeared at least as early as 1992 in a *joke book* prior to either of those.

The US Navy debunks this story on their web site:

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/questions/litehuse.html

The story is funny, but it makes no sense to anyone who knows anything about ships and lighthouses. A ship's captain who couldn't tell the difference between a ship and a lighthouse would have to be seriously incompetent. Even at night, and at a distance, I can tell the difference between a traffic light and an oncoming car.

According to www.snopes.com,

"Lt. j.g. Ed Westfall, the lighthouse program manager for the U.S. Coast Guard's Fifth District, based in Portsmouth. ... said he, too, had heard the story for years, but he had a different understanding of its origin.

"I always thought," he said, "it was just something one of us Coasties had made up to poke fun at the Navy."

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