Navy ship accidentally fires on Polish port

Platapus · 11-01-09, 10:40 AM

Actually it was dumb-ass sailor, but I am still surprised at military and civilian personnel discharging weapons "while cleaning".

Step 1 for cleaning a weapon - Make sure it is unloaded!

Good thing he was not cleaning the Mk-41!

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Washington (CNN) -- A crew member aboard a U.S. Navy ship accidentally fired a machine gun into the Polish port city of Gdynia on Wednesday while cleaning the weapon, Navy officials said Friday.
Three rounds were fired from an M240 machine gun into the town but no injuries or damage were reported, officials said.

The gun, aboard the USS Ramage, a Navy destroyer, is used to defend the ship in close combat.

Navy officials said a crew member was cleaning the weapon when it accidentally discharged.

The incident happened as the ship was in port after retuning from an international exercise in the Baltic Sea. It was preparing to leave later that day, the Navy said.

Polish military police boarded the ship to investigate and Navy officials said the crew of the Ramage fully cooperated. No U.S. sailors were taken into custody by Polish authorities, Navy officials said.

There was no immediate word of a U.S. Navy investigation into the incident.

Anyone remember the Bedford Incident.

Jimbuna · 11-01-09, 10:55 AM

My lasting memory was of them fleeing up the steps as the nuclear tipped eels were about to hit.....fat lot of use

I do recall the point your making though when the guy mistook the 'fire' command in mid sentence

Skybird · 11-01-09, 11:07 AM

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Navy ship accidentally fires on Polish port

Haven't we had that before...?

And look how it ended...

Torplexed · 11-01-09, 11:31 AM

Yeah...watch the Ramage get blown into being another battleship Schleswig-Holstein.

Oberon · 11-01-09, 12:08 PM

I know people have made references to America being the Forth Reich before but isn't this taking it a bit too far?

Schroeder · 11-01-09, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

I know people have made references to America being the Forth Reich before but isn't this taking it a bit too far?

Pah, it was a machine gun no less. It definitely was an hostile act that should trigger a full NATO response! Be More Aggressive!

But seriously how can somebody even begin to clean a machine gun while there is still ammo in it? Isn't that the first thing I remove?

11-01-09, 10:55 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	My lasting memory was of them fleeing up the steps as the nuclear tipped eels were about to hit.....fat lot of use I do recall the point your making though when the guy mistook the 'fire' command in mid sentence __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Yeah...watch the Ramage get blown into being another battleship Schleswig-Holstein. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili-- Last edited by Torplexed; 11-01-09 at 11:53 AM.

11-01-09, 12:08 PM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I know people have made references to America being the Forth Reich before but isn't this taking it a bit too far?