USS Walke (DD-723)
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Walke (DD-723) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2015938 — 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 Walke (DD-723) Context triple: [USS Walke (DD-416), successorShip, USS Walke (DD-723)]
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A.
USS Walke (DD-416)
USS Walke (DD-416) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II before being sunk in the Guadalcanal campaign.
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B.
USS La Vallette (DD-448)
USS La Vallette (DD-448) was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
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C.
USS Wainwright (DD-419)
USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently during World War II, earning distinction for its convoy escort, anti-submarine, and combat operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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D.
USS Morris (DD-417)
USS Morris (DD-417) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that saw extensive and distinguished service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat actions.
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E.
USS Henley (DD-391)
USS Henley (DD-391) was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
- 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 Walke (DD-723) Target entity description: 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.
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A.
USS Walke (DD-416)
USS Walke (DD-416) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II before being sunk in the Guadalcanal campaign.
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B.
USS La Vallette (DD-448)
USS La Vallette (DD-448) was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
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C.
USS Wainwright (DD-419)
USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently during World War II, earning distinction for its convoy escort, anti-submarine, and combat operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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D.
USS Morris (DD-417)
USS Morris (DD-417) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that saw extensive and distinguished service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat actions.
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E.
USS Henley (DD-391)
USS Henley (DD-391) was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
ⓘ
United States Navy warship ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch/38 caliber guns
ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| builder |
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
ⓘ
surface form:
Bath Iron Works
|
| category |
Korean War destroyers of the United States
ⓘ
Vietnam War destroyers of the United States ⓘ World War II destroyers of the United States ⓘ |
| classBeforeModernization |
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
ⓘ
surface form:
Allen M. Sumner class destroyer
|
| conflict |
Korean War
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era |
Cold War era
ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ |
| hasCrewType | enlisted sailors and officers ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | USS Walke ⓘ |
| hasPennantNumber | DD-723 ⓘ |
| hasRadar |
air search radar
ⓘ
surface search radar ⓘ |
| hasSuperstructure | steel superstructure ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-723 ⓘ |
| launchedBy |
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
ⓘ
surface form:
Bath Iron Works
|
| material | steel-hulled ship ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Isaac Walke ⓘ |
| namedEntity | naval vessel ⓘ |
| namedFor | Commodore Henry A. Walke ⓘ |
| navy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Korean War naval operations
ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
Vietnam War naval operations ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Pacific Fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Pacific Fleet
|
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
anti-aircraft warfare
ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare ⓘ escort ship ⓘ naval gunfire support ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
ⓘ
surface form:
Allen M. Sumner class
|
| shipType | destroyer ⓘ |
| successorTo | earlier destroyer USS Walke (DD-416) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
convoy escort
ⓘ
fleet screening ⓘ patrol duties ⓘ shore bombardment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Walke (DD-723) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.