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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. 0 S! m+ H; o% W: r$ \ ) u; i0 e4 [+ n. k* `The 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./ Q' j G2 A/ E- q v% N8 o
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. / Z0 f8 {4 l% }6 D ]/ U0 C+ M) p: {' H L* v
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.! B3 i/ _4 r$ T9 p- X/ m& Z
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Because 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.4 \: h5 A4 W# x/ }
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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. ( w5 Y. V5 s- F) s; x * d- ^4 ?! l: m/ u# m( f* \# i7 m0 R"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." $ G" u! P. ~( j, d4 y. I. J% u2 s* } F; o$ j+ q+ F
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.1 t. L# U+ l; d. a5 K
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