Apparently the Navy temporarily lost contact with the USS San Juan off the coast of Florida. In response, the Navy spearheaded a search effort to find the Los Angeles class sub and sent word to the families. The USS Enterprise reported seeing a red flare in the area Tuesday night. Early Wednesday morning though the San Juan re-established contact with the Navy and reported that there were no problems. As thorough as the Navy is, I am sure that they will investigate until the entire cause/issue is understood and resolved. I will keep you posted as questions are answered.
UPDATE 1: I found this article that gives a little more insight into what happened. I pasted it below for your convenience.
Overnight, the family of crew members on the Groton-based USS San Juan got a scare when it appeared for a time that the submarine might have sunk.
Lt. Mark Jones, spokesman for Submarine Group Two, said this morning that the submarine and its crew are safe, but that during the night there were indications that the ship was in trouble.
The San Juan went out of communication while doing training exercises off the East Coast, and a flare was spotted, prompting the Navy to start up its rescue process and notify families.
Jones said that it is Navy policy to keep families informed and to make sure they are the first to know when something might have gone wrong.
Ships and aircraft from the Enterprise Strike Group searched the area where San Juan had been operating.
The sub established communications in the early morning hours today and indicated that there were no problems. The search-and-rescue operation was then canceled.
The Navy is investigating the incident.
UPDATE 2: The Sub Report has a good collection of links regarding this incident. I would suggest heading over there and checking them out.
UPDATE 3: This former submariner has a few theories about the incident.
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