BREMERTON – A sailor suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday aboard the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton.

The sailor, whose age was not released, suffered the wound at about 2 p.m. He was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he is stable, according to Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for the Vinson.

Naval authorities are investigating how and why the injury occurred. No further details were released.

The ship, which arrived in Bremerton in January for an overhaul, is currently in dry dock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.