Yea, that's my ship. We were about to leave port when it happened. One of the GM's was doing maintenance on a 240 on the bridge wing, and somehow rounds were fired. I was sitting in the wardroom drinking coffee waiting for them to station the Sea and Anchor detail for leaving port when I heard the ATWO (anti-terrorism watch officer) pass the word that rounds were fired. The first thing I asked someone was "uhh...we're not doing drills right now are we?" Crappy deal.. our departure was delayed while investigators came onboard to piece it all together.
http://www.russiatoday.ru/Top_News/2009-10-28/us-destroyer-shells-polish.html
These Ruskies put it best.
There is no facepalm smiley.
Not really sure what the final outcome was for the parties responsible. I'm in Operations, so I don't get the inside scoop on all of the Weapons Department happenings.
Luckily nobody was hurt.