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Home›Green Marine›Destroyer inadvertently fires machine gun into shipyard barge; no injuries
Green Marine

June 8, 2005 · about 21 years ago

Destroyer inadvertently fires machine gun into shipyard barge; no injuries

A Norfolk-based destroyer inadvertently fired a .50-caliber machine gun round into an unoccupied crew berthing barge June 6 as the warship sailed away from a local shipyard, a Navy official confirmed. No one was injured. The destroyer Ross had completed a short maintenance period at Norfolk

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A Norfolk-based destroyer inadvertently fired a .50-caliber machine gun round into an unoccupied crew berthing barge June 6 as the warship sailed away from a local shipyard, a Navy official confirmed. No one was injured. The destroyer Ross had completed a short maintenance period at Norfolk

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