USS Bordelon (DD-881)
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USS Bordelon (DD-881) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served from the final months of World War II through the Cold War era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Bordelon (DD-881) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13037338 — 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: USS Bordelon (DD-881) Context triple: [William J. Bordelon, commemoratedBy, USS Bordelon (DD-881)]
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USS Henley (DD-762)
USS Henley (DD-762) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the post–World War II era, including during the Cold War and Korean War.
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B.
USS Hoel (DD-533)
USS Hoel (DD-533) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy that gained renown for its heroic but doomed attack against a vastly superior Japanese force during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
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C.
USS Ellet (DD-398)
USS Ellet (DD-398) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, participating in major campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands.
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D.
USS Turner Joy (DD-951)
USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for its controversial role in the events that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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E.
USS Walke (DD-723)
USS Walke (DD-723) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
- 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: USS Bordelon (DD-881) Target entity description: USS Bordelon (DD-881) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served from the final months of World War II through the Cold War era.
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A.
USS Henley (DD-762)
USS Henley (DD-762) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the post–World War II era, including during the Cold War and Korean War.
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B.
USS Hoel (DD-533)
USS Hoel (DD-533) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy that gained renown for its heroic but doomed attack against a vastly superior Japanese force during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
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C.
USS Ellet (DD-398)
USS Ellet (DD-398) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, participating in major campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands.
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D.
USS Turner Joy (DD-951)
USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for its controversial role in the events that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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E.
USS Walke (DD-723)
USS Walke (DD-723) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gearing-class destroyer
ⓘ
United States Navy destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
40 mm anti-aircraft guns
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5 in/38 caliber guns ⓘ depth charge projectors ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | 12.45 m ⓘ |
| builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Gearing class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedDate | 1945-06-05 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Cold War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | 336 ⓘ |
| decommissionedDate | 1977-02-01 ⓘ |
| displacement | 3460 tons full load ⓘ |
| draft | 4.57 m ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-881 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownDate | 1944-08-14 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1945-03-03 ⓘ |
| length | 119 m ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William J. Bordelon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForHonor | Medal of Honor recipient ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | United States Marine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalFleet | Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | DD-881 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Orange, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
steam turbines
ⓘ
twin screws ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | final months of World War II ⓘ |
| servicePeriod | Cold War era ⓘ |
| status | scrapped ⓘ |
| topSpeed | 35 knots ⓘ |
| type | destroyer ⓘ |
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: USS Bordelon (DD-881) Description of subject: USS Bordelon (DD-881) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served from the final months of World War II through the Cold War era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.