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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained0 U. V" I* u9 e: F
& p" w5 Y6 I/ \, b+ WNORFOLK, 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.$ n$ i, ~2 ~% M& p5 K$ P6 `
, C1 b- `; w5 L' e! {& AThe 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. . v8 `1 V- S1 S- z+ k , B7 i% s5 E- V1 w; P, z7 c# ?, ^The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 1 c- r* r6 B$ [$ O. T* w2 w: }- ^. T5 S, u7 E, L% L; u7 _, E
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.0 o+ ~- l. l1 D5 i* R
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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. , y3 E- r1 R6 U/ n $ D; R5 O/ L i4 SThey 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.7 g% y. ]" A# V' X3 m* N/ p
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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."/ c* Z9 @2 [& y S, x$ m6 F
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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. ^3 c6 c7 g9 J7 ^
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