Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze
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The Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kagerō-class destroyer that saw extensive action in World War II, including major Pacific naval engagements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1090456 — 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)
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Target entity: Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze Context triple: [Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, involvedShip, Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze]
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Japanese cruiser Kako
Japanese cruiser Kako was an Imperial Japanese Navy Furutaka-class heavy cruiser that served in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk by a U.S. submarine shortly after participating in the Battle of Savo Island.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Tenryu
Japanese cruiser Tenryu was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that participated in several early Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Chokai
Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Yubari
Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
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E.
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.
- 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: Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze Target entity description: The Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kagerō-class destroyer that saw extensive action in World War II, including major Pacific naval engagements.
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A.
Japanese cruiser Kako
Japanese cruiser Kako was an Imperial Japanese Navy Furutaka-class heavy cruiser that served in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk by a U.S. submarine shortly after participating in the Battle of Savo Island.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Tenryu
Japanese cruiser Tenryu was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that participated in several early Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Chokai
Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Yubari
Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy warship
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Kagerō-class destroyer ⓘ World War II destroyer ⓘ |
| antiAircraftArmament | 25 mm AA guns ⓘ |
| beam | about 10.8 m ⓘ |
| builder |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
ⓘ
surface form:
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
|
| builtAt |
Kobe
ⓘ
surface form:
Kobe, Japan
|
| class | Kagerō class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1940-11-10 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | about 240 officers and men ⓘ |
| damagedBy | USS Helena (CL-50) ⓘ |
| dateSunk | 1945-04-06 ⓘ |
| dateTorpedoed | 1943-01-10 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | about 2600 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | about 2033 tons ⓘ |
| draft | about 3.8 m ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in World War II ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1938-12-14 ⓘ |
| launched | 1939-10-05 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | about 118.5 m ⓘ |
| locationSunk | off Amoy, China ⓘ |
| locationTorpedoed | off Makassar Strait ⓘ |
| mainArmament | 6 × 127 mm guns in 3 twin turrets ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | "Heavenly Wind" in Japanese ⓘ |
| navalFleet |
Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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surface form:
Japanese Combined Fleet
|
| notableAction | torpedoed and heavily damaged USS Helena (CL-50) at the Battle of Tassafaronga ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
attack on Pearl Harbor
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surface form:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of Tassafaronga ⓘ Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal Campaign
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ Tokyo Express supply run ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo Express operations
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| pennantNumber | not regularly used by IJN (no Western-style hull number) ⓘ |
| powerOutput | about 52000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| repairedAt | Japan ⓘ |
| shaftCount | 2 ⓘ |
| shipType | destroyer ⓘ |
| successorNameUsedBy | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Amatsukaze (DDG-163) ⓘ |
| sunkBy | USS Redfin (SS-272) ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 35 knots ⓘ |
| torpedoArmament | 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| torpedoedBy | USS Redfin (SS-272) ⓘ |
| torpedoType |
Type 93 Long Lance torpedo
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surface form:
Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes
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Subject: Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze Description of subject: The Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kagerō-class destroyer that saw extensive action in World War II, including major Pacific naval engagements.
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