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. }7 x$ y- b0 z* VRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained ) y Q5 a% C# X3 h. g& \ 5 [' y% K! P- T, L- _NORFOLK, 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. 3 g; Q0 O' m' Z _" Q* z# W% D ( G7 b: t0 h1 s+ o" m$ U% d3 vThe 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. 2 g5 ~. [, ]. ~( }( ~' v. F" b/ L! g& S+ ^; p4 z& e! f, z0 B3 |
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. Y4 T4 W* H- g, [: A. o 5 R* O" U* q' ^* N" f6 {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.9 D4 Q3 z1 O' m$ |6 A2 r
$ Y# c. R( l3 k$ P6 Z( lBecause 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. / m" o3 F( r8 `0 v4 M- _9 D9 \+ @ I6 j, o( ^
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.! U& \: d, ]; A) L
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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." 3 |- x& [% B, s* x* n, F- ?0 x4 s' B( r1 @7 w& S6 I
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. / l8 K5 d3 f7 U: S$ }6 p, ~1 @1 C9 ?) `; i! k" O3 K
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