SS-218
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SS-218 is the hull number of USS Albacore, a U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine that served in the Pacific during World War II and became one of the war’s most successful American submarines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| SS-218 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12956241 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS-218 Context triple: [USS Albacore, hullNumber, SS-218]
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A.
SS-236
SS-236 is the hull number of USS Silversides, a famed World War II Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy now preserved as a museum ship.
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B.
SS-287
SS-287 is the hull number of USS Bowfin, a World War II-era Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy now preserved as a museum ship.
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C.
SS-310
SS-310 is the hull number of USS Batfish, a World War II-era U.S. Navy submarine now preserved as a museum ship.
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D.
S-220
S-220 is the hull number of NOAA Ship Fairweather, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel primarily used for hydrographic surveying and seafloor mapping.
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E.
SS-18 Mod 4
SS-18 Mod 4 is a specific variant of the Soviet/Russian R-36M (NATO reporting name "SS-18 Satan") heavy intercontinental ballistic missile, designed to deliver multiple nuclear warheads over intercontinental ranges.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS-218 Target entity description: SS-218 is the hull number of USS Albacore, a U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine that served in the Pacific during World War II and became one of the war’s most successful American submarines.
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A.
SS-236
SS-236 is the hull number of USS Silversides, a famed World War II Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy now preserved as a museum ship.
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B.
SS-287
SS-287 is the hull number of USS Bowfin, a World War II-era Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy now preserved as a museum ship.
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C.
SS-310
SS-310 is the hull number of USS Batfish, a World War II-era U.S. Navy submarine now preserved as a museum ship.
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D.
S-220
S-220 is the hull number of NOAA Ship Fairweather, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel primarily used for hydrographic surveying and seafloor mapping.
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E.
SS-18 Mod 4
SS-18 Mod 4 is a specific variant of the Soviet/Russian R-36M (NATO reporting name "SS-18 Satan") heavy intercontinental ballistic missile, designed to deliver multiple nuclear warheads over intercontinental ranges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gato-class submarine
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United States Navy submarine ⓘ World War II submarine ⓘ |
| armament |
deck gun
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torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awarded |
Navy Unit Commendation
NERFINISHED
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Presidential Unit Citation NERFINISHED ⓘ nine battle stars ⓘ |
| beam | about 27 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Electric Boat Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | probable mine ⓘ |
| class | Gato class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedAt | New London, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1 June 1942 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 60–70 officers and men ⓘ |
| crewLost | all hands ⓘ |
| displacement |
about 1,525 tons surfaced
ⓘ
about 2,424 tons submerged ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| flag | Naval Jack of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | SS-218 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownAt | Groton, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownBy | Electric Boat Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 21 April 1941 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 17 February 1942 ⓘ |
| length | about 311 feet ⓘ |
| lostDate | 7 November 1944 ⓘ |
| lostInArea | off northern Hokkaido, Japan ⓘ |
| namesake | albacore (a type of tuna) ⓘ |
| navalRegistry | U.S. Navy hull classification symbol SS-218 ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of the most successful American submarines of World War II ⓘ |
| numberOfWarPatrols | 11 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| primaryAreaOfOperations | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | U.S. Navy Submarine Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | World War II era ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mrs. Elise R. Cutts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | fleet submarine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SS-218 Description of subject: SS-218 is the hull number of USS Albacore, a U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine that served in the Pacific during World War II and became one of the war’s most successful American submarines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.