4 o! x" T. ]2 O) j) [7 h$ Q! QNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast ' \) x' b5 _3 h8 `6 S5 L& x8 H" l" p' |3 q0 k2 @3 b
Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained , y E: b' F. E" z( }9 E9 [# {- ]( c5 s
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. i1 D5 u$ Y6 S$ N' [6 g! {- l5 Z3 I
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. 7 d- U$ ?4 G; e) o: M: Q 0 \0 u; H6 F& x* ?The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.5 q6 ^: Z! M7 ~' @+ Y4 j
2 x+ K @" ^) C# y0 L, L/ @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. + N, k& | K' n0 t 9 @* ~8 E5 L( m" w0 G) E* D% ?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.2 |/ S4 V2 D4 v' S+ g q* H
5 Z$ F( N" p U( s) `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.) W2 B# I# T6 h" h0 L4 f
2 S6 v4 ~% C) \4 @% m6 r B"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."* X- X( l5 [" F! i
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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. * {1 L" E8 F5 V0 n& F- O) D+ n2 h, b# y* ^% l* B2 f# r
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