IJN Jintsu
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IJN Jintsu was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in numerous Pacific War operations during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| IJN Jintsu canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2155172 — 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: IJN Jintsu Context triple: [IJN cruiser Naka, sisterShip, IJN Jintsu]
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A.
IJN Sendai
IJN Sendai was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader in the Pacific during World War II.
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B.
Japanese destroyer Fubuki
The Japanese destroyer Fubuki was a pioneering Fubuki-class "special type" destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, renowned for its powerful armament and advanced design that influenced destroyer construction worldwide before and during World War II.
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C.
IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro was a Japanese Fuso-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II.
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D.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Furutaka
Japanese cruiser Furutaka was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the interwar Furutaka class that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk in 1942.
- 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: IJN Jintsu Target entity description: IJN Jintsu was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in numerous Pacific War operations during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
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A.
IJN Sendai
IJN Sendai was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader in the Pacific during World War II.
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B.
Japanese destroyer Fubuki
The Japanese destroyer Fubuki was a pioneering Fubuki-class "special type" destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, renowned for its powerful armament and advanced design that influenced destroyer construction worldwide before and during World War II.
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C.
IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro was a Japanese Fuso-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II.
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D.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Furutaka
Japanese cruiser Furutaka was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the interwar Furutaka class that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk in 1942.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy warship
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Sendai-class light cruiser ⓘ World War II cruiser ⓘ |
| armament |
7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns
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anti-aircraft guns (various light AA weapons over time) ⓘ torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes (later in career) ⓘ |
| armamentUpgrade | fitted with additional anti-aircraft guns during the war ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 14.17 m ⓘ |
| builder |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
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surface form:
Kawasaki Dockyard Company
Kawasaki Heavy Industries ⓘ
surface form:
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
|
| class | Sendai class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 31 July 1925 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Pacific War
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World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 450–500 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 13 July 1943 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 7,100 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 5,195 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 4.8 m ⓘ |
| era | World War II-era warship ⓘ |
| fate | Sunk in combat ⓘ |
| hullNumber | not formally numbered (named cruiser) ⓘ |
| laidDown | 4 August 1922 ⓘ |
| launched | 8 December 1923 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 162.15 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 35 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jintsu River ⓘ |
| notableEvent | heavily damaged and broken in two at Battle of Kolombangara ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Kolombangara
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Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of the Philippines (1941)
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ |
| placeBuilt |
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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surface form:
Kobe, Japan
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| placeOfSinking | Off Kolombangara, Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | destroyer flotilla flagship ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | Interwar period ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
IJN cruiser Naka
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surface form:
IJN Naka
IJN Sendai ⓘ |
| squadronFlagshipOf | 11th Destroyer Flotilla ⓘ |
| sunkBy |
United States Navy ships
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surface form:
United States Navy warships
gunfire and torpedoes ⓘ |
| type | light cruiser ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: IJN Jintsu Description of subject: IJN Jintsu was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in numerous Pacific War operations during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
Referenced by (2)
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