) Y% f1 p. n- T9 A L- S) o 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。 , n. u! F: `! M' ~% _ 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。2 [) a8 M# T- ^( l% K' D9 N
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Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 3 f. G4 u, S8 Q$ N% M: x, j 8 }' [2 n( E, A+ o0 DRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained ( X' b6 [, v& U% d7 ~! L# ^5 |/ a9 U: ~5 n& Y- {$ T% m
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.8 D3 f, a1 p% b. [$ o) X1 T! n
6 X4 J" y" Y# X) HThe 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.7 [! F0 [9 C; O/ }9 J5 L
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.( v, z/ ^& F w2 I
- e, e7 ]% }8 v2 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./ y5 }5 \( H4 u( h: K$ ^% L# b8 D
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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.0 @! Z0 F2 Y: c! S8 X& {) c
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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. & c% ^& [# y) B+ o/ e/ m0 {1 z% [% T& O# A& M0 s* o0 z
"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." 5 q$ `& q1 m- Z5 v - |0 G2 _0 k5 U# YThe 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." [5 d; i4 j$ c( p/ k; M
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