# K x( |0 g: } q' _Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast! u. A. f2 I. \
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3 U4 u0 {1 N! n* ^8 D& fNORFOLK, 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. ( N3 V& n8 e) }( Y$ ]; x& Q - a R8 g0 |0 V2 z! Z6 ?" lThe 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./ y) h. j" [9 _2 s$ ]" q# o
7 h- V* Q$ I; J6 x0 RThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 8 d* D2 ?1 J+ O1 a, c4 e " T; u3 } ]0 P3 i+ aMcGuinn 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.+ k! B: e/ P- [4 J/ ]1 k
& N/ s: Z& H# q2 UBecause 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.1 [. t/ E. f$ t, k' ^9 ~0 g
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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. 3 M8 | i9 M* h" ~2 @. r; f ( Q: U. J+ c% O( S a ^7 T"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."* x1 k, }# I# w2 T- R
# `+ W/ d# Z! ]- @- x. JThe 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.* @& i3 V5 d: l0 Y* n$ n5 `& A$ d& H
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