The lighthouse also survived a brush with a battleship years ago. The battleship struck the rocks directly below. Jim Gibbs (Lighthouses of the Pacific, p. 43) says it was this incident that probably inspired these lines by Don Newman entitled Check your Bearings :
First voice: Our radar has you on a collision course with us. You should alter course 10 degrees south.
Second voice: We have you on our radar. Suggest you alter course 10 degrees north.
First voice: Admiral Goodman aboard. Strongly suggest you bear 10 degrees south, this is a battleship!
Second voice: This is Seaman Farnsworth. Still suggest you bear 10 degrees north. This is a lighthouse! pbs.org/l