NOAA Ship Fairweather
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NOAA Ship Fairweather is an oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to map and study coastal and marine environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NOAA Ship Fairweather canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1137072 — 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: NOAA Ship Fairweather Context triple: [NOAA fleet, hasComponent, NOAA Ship Fairweather]
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A.
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada is a modern fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study marine ecosystems and support sustainable fisheries management, primarily along the U.S. West Coast.
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B.
NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown
NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown is a large, state-of-the-art oceanographic and atmospheric research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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C.
NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson
NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson is a modern fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems, fish stocks, and ocean conditions, primarily in Alaskan waters.
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D.
NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter
NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter is an oceanographic and fisheries research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems and support resource management in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
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E.
NOAA Ship Pisces
NOAA Ship Pisces is an advanced fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems and support resource management.
- 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: NOAA Ship Fairweather Target entity description: NOAA Ship Fairweather is an oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to map and study coastal and marine environments.
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A.
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada is a modern fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study marine ecosystems and support sustainable fisheries management, primarily along the U.S. West Coast.
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B.
NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown
NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown is a large, state-of-the-art oceanographic and atmospheric research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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C.
NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson
NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson is a modern fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems, fish stocks, and ocean conditions, primarily in Alaskan waters.
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D.
NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter
NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter is an oceanographic and fisheries research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems and support resource management in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
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E.
NOAA Ship Pisces
NOAA Ship Pisces is an advanced fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems and support resource management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydrographic survey vessel
ⓘ
oceanographic research vessel ⓘ |
| areaOfOperation |
Alaska
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ U.S. coastal waters ⓘ |
| beam |
12.8 m
ⓘ
42 ft ⓘ |
| builder | Jeffboat Inc. ⓘ |
| buildLocation | Jeffersonville, Indiana ⓘ |
| callSign | WTEF ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1968 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement |
about 30–40 crew and scientists
ⓘ
about 4 NOAA Corps officers ⓘ about 8 commissioned officers ⓘ approximately 50 ⓘ |
| cruisingSpeed | 10 knots ⓘ |
| displacement | 1591 tons ⓘ |
| draft |
14 ft
ⓘ
4.3 m ⓘ |
| equipment |
differential GPS navigation systems
ⓘ
multibeam echosounders ⓘ side-scan sonar ⓘ single-beam echosounders ⓘ survey launches ⓘ |
| flag | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasTender | small survey launches for shallow-water work ⓘ |
| homeport |
Juneau
ⓘ
surface form:
Juneau, Alaska
Ketchikan ⓘ
surface form:
Ketchikan, Alaska
|
| hullNumber | S-220 ⓘ |
| IMONumber | 8835262 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1966 ⓘ |
| launched | 1967 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall |
231 ft
ⓘ
70.4 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 12 knots ⓘ |
| missionFocus |
improving marine navigation safety
ⓘ
supporting coastal resource management ⓘ supporting marine habitat studies ⓘ |
| MMSINumber | 369912000 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Office of Coast Survey Navigation Services Division
ⓘ
surface form:
NOAA Office of Coast Survey
|
| operator |
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
ⓘ
surface form:
NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ |
| owner |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Government
|
| partOf |
NOAA fleet
ⓘ
NOAA hydrographic survey fleet ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
coastal mapping
ⓘ
hydrographic surveying ⓘ nautical charting ⓘ seafloor mapping ⓘ |
| propulsion |
diesel-electric
ⓘ
two General Motors diesel engines ⓘ two electric motors ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: NOAA Ship Fairweather Description of subject: NOAA Ship Fairweather is an oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to map and study coastal and marine environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.