# |. ^3 x }3 h% zNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast9 s# m+ @- C/ W" f: p4 M9 Y: L0 Y
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained1 j3 k6 y2 w9 o9 Q
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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. % {6 V" ^4 ^: o2 e, }6 W5 K$ V, x0 n
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. 3 O V3 B2 x% g! m" {+ N+ Y, u9 R. m& F& l) Q
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. ( d* k5 ?. _/ u; f$ P; c% r+ z0 ` Y. j2 S7 X0 ]7 d
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.( [7 T! y( ?) R2 d* F. B f2 W: }8 E
: y3 u/ U& c) f) j8 ~2 FBecause 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. 9 Y X- Q; r& @5 } / \ f( P8 V7 Z qThey 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.: w1 w* z; a2 }# f( E4 @0 O' H
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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 l5 z9 s/ r6 D* z7 A& s! r* |& X2 t 2 K$ q0 I) i& l' rThe 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. 7 U% [# U1 T# L' B t! U9 Q5 @* M/ r# q[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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