7 J. Q. |' t8 g1 S: ? 航空母舰战斗群上的指挥官马上尝试与三艘潜艇联络，两艘作出响应，但圣胡安号却失去踪影。在美国东岸时间14日凌晨3时半，位于维珍尼亚州的诺福克潜艇中心发出一段罕有的重要讯息：潜艇沉没！由于事态严重，国防部长罗伯特．盖茨也接获通知，军方高层整晚留意事态发展。海军也开始派人通知圣胡安号上140名官兵的家人。% L6 M1 B: g1 w% q q8 P
到清晨5时许，控制中心才与圣胡安号再次取得联络，各方都松一口气。由13日晚7时至翌晨5时，圣胡安号与外界失去联络十小时。派驻艇上的军官表示，所有人都安然无恙，根本不知道发生了这件事。当局正调查引致这宗事故的原因，并安排于15日与其中三十名军人家眷见面，向他们作出解释，保证圣胡安号运作正常和安全。美国对上一次发生严重的潜艇事故是39年前，即1968年，潜艇蝎子号在美国东北部对开海域沉没。 9 z: o1 }( L8 E1 S8 D l# h ]+ k 7 F2 Y% X9 R6 P. V) {* R2 U! NNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast0 p2 P r4 [0 R0 ?( d
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained : ^( U2 P' a- |: |+ q; Z3 J / ~/ L: A5 w2 YNORFOLK, Va. -- The Navy said it lost communication with a submarine off the Florida coast for several hours Tuesday night and began rescue efforts before communications were re-established early Wednesday. 6 g! J3 T4 T8 U$ T 7 Q0 g- t! A( B7 Q; k8 tThe Naval Submarine Force said in a statement that there were no problems with the USS San Juan, a Los Angeles class submarine is based in Groton, Conn. 3 c$ i8 p7 Q" L5 y+ A, z* ?0 N1 g
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation." m" j8 L: g5 q4 g4 ~
' t# X+ w- y3 N8 _' `McGuinn said units of the USS Enterprise Carrier Strike Group saw a red flare in the vicinity of the missing submarine Tuesday night and activated missing submarine procedures. 3 u7 D5 t- K& O& v ( _( v! H# W1 CBecause the Navy maintained communications with two other subs in the area and observers spotted the signal flare, commanders believed the San Juan had gone down., Y* M w+ ?3 d# ^5 _. x
) `1 F" l% P2 h# `They began search-and-rescue missions, alerted the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office and notified crew members’ families about the possibility of a lost submarine, officials said.6 y- }+ E0 p! A% E$ K
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"We had a false alarm," Lt. Cmdr. Chris Loundermon, public affairs officer at submarine force headquarters in Norfolk, told Navy Times. "We're investigating the details of what happened.") r8 n( g2 A; t; o3 @/ n1 z4 c
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The initial reports went to the top of the chain of command: Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates were notified.: r& K$ k7 F$ S2 y
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