Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako
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The Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako was a World War II naval action in August 1942 in which the Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Kako was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS S-44 near New Ireland following the Battle of Savo Island.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sinking of IJN Kako by torpedo attack | 1 |
| Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15602882 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako Context triple: [USS S-44, engagement, Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako]
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Japanese submarine I-168
Japanese submarine I-168 was an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet submarine best known for its role in the Battle of Midway, where it torpedoed and sank the damaged aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann.
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Ngāti Maru
Ngāti Maru is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand, traditionally based in the Taranaki region and recognized as a distinct Treaty of Waitangi settlement group.
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Sinking of HMS Repulse
The Sinking of HMS Repulse was a pivotal early World War II naval disaster in which the British battlecruiser was destroyed by Japanese aircraft off Malaya, demonstrating the vulnerability of capital ships to air power.
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Second Battle of the Java Sea
The Second Battle of the Java Sea was a World War II naval engagement in early March 1942 in which Japanese forces decisively defeated retreating Allied ships near Java, completing their control over the Dutch East Indies.
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Kaigun-shō
Kaigun-shō was the government ministry responsible for administering and overseeing the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako Target entity description: The Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako was a World War II naval action in August 1942 in which the Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Kako was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS S-44 near New Ireland following the Battle of Savo Island.
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A.
Japanese submarine I-168
Japanese submarine I-168 was an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet submarine best known for its role in the Battle of Midway, where it torpedoed and sank the damaged aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann.
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B.
Ngāti Maru
Ngāti Maru is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand, traditionally based in the Taranaki region and recognized as a distinct Treaty of Waitangi settlement group.
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C.
Sinking of HMS Repulse
The Sinking of HMS Repulse was a pivotal early World War II naval disaster in which the British battlecruiser was destroyed by Japanese aircraft off Malaya, demonstrating the vulnerability of capital ships to air power.
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D.
Second Battle of the Java Sea
The Second Battle of the Java Sea was a World War II naval engagement in early March 1942 in which Japanese forces decisively defeated retreating Allied ships near Java, completing their control over the Dutch East Indies.
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E.
Kaigun-shō
Kaigun-shō was the government ministry responsible for administering and overseeing the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS S-44
subject surface form:
USS S-44
this entity surface form:
Sinking of IJN Kako by torpedo attack