Live Rounds Fired Accidentally From U.S. Ship In Port

October 29 2009

Poland

A sailor on a U.S. Navy destroyer accidentally fired three machine-gun rounds Wednesday at the Polish port city of Gdyni, the Navy Times reports.

There were no injuries or damage.

The USS Ramage was undergoing some "routine maintenance" when a sailor triggered the burst from one of the vessel's M240 machine guns, a Pentagon spokesman said.

The rounds hit a warehouse, according to an English-language Polish news site.

The Ramage has been participating in a joint...

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