IJN Fusō
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IJN Fusō was a Japanese World War II-era dreadnought battleship, notable for its distinctive pagoda-style superstructure and service with the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| IJN Fusō canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2329398 — 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: IJN Fusō Context triple: [IJN battleship Yamashiro, sisterShip, IJN Fusō]
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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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B.
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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C.
Sōryū
Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
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D.
Japanese battleship Nagato
The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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E.
IJN Jintsu
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.
- 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 Fusō Target entity description: IJN Fusō was a Japanese World War II-era dreadnought battleship, notable for its distinctive pagoda-style superstructure and service with the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Sōryū
Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
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D.
Japanese battleship Nagato
The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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E.
IJN Jintsu
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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dreadnought battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities | catapult for floatplanes ⓘ |
| armamentAA |
127 mm dual-purpose guns
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25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 12 × 356 mm guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 152 mm guns ⓘ |
| armorBelt | up to about 305 mm ⓘ |
| armorDeck | up to about 114 mm ⓘ |
| beam | about 28.7 meters ⓘ |
| builder |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
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surface form:
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
|
| builtAt | Kobe ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss |
gunfire from US Navy battleships
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torpedoes from US Navy destroyers ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1915-11-08 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Imperial Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| crewComplement | about 1,900 officers and men ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | about 39,000 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | about 29,800 tons ⓘ |
| draft | about 9.5 meters ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| fleetAssignment |
Imperial Japanese Navy battle fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
1st Fleet (IJN)
Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) ⓘ
surface form:
2nd Fleet (IJN)
|
| followedBy | Ise-class battleship ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1912-03-11 ⓘ |
| launched | 1914-03-28 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | about 205 meters ⓘ |
| locationOfWreck | Surigao Strait ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 24.7 knots ⓘ |
| modernizationFeature |
enhanced anti-aircraft armament
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improved armor protection ⓘ new machinery ⓘ reconstructed superstructure ⓘ |
| modernized | 1930s ⓘ |
| namesake | Mount Fuso ⓘ |
| notableFeature | pagoda-style superstructure ⓘ |
| numberOfScrews | 4 ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ |
| precededBy | Kawachi-class battleship ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | about 8,000 nautical miles at 16 knots ⓘ |
| role | line battleship ⓘ |
| shipClass | Fusō-class battleship ⓘ |
| sunkAt | Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 1944-10-25 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: IJN Fusō Description of subject: IJN Fusō was a Japanese World War II-era dreadnought battleship, notable for its distinctive pagoda-style superstructure and service with the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War.
Referenced by (1)
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