Japanese heavy cruiser Tone
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The Japanese heavy cruiser Tone was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy warship known for its unique aircraft-heavy design and participation in major Pacific battles, including the Battle of Midway and the Leyte Gulf campaign.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese heavy cruiser Tone canonical | 1 |
| heavy cruiser Tone | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2814255 — 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 heavy cruiser Tone Context triple: [Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, notableShipDamaged, Japanese heavy cruiser Tone]
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Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
The Japanese heavy cruiser Atago was a Takao-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a major surface combatant in numerous Pacific Theater engagements during World War II.
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Japanese heavy cruiser Takao
Japanese heavy cruiser Takao was a powerful and heavily armed Takao-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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D.
Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
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E.
Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō
The Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō was a Myōkō-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, participating in numerous major Pacific naval engagements before being heavily damaged and ultimately rendered inoperable.
- 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 heavy cruiser Tone Target entity description: The Japanese heavy cruiser Tone was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy warship known for its unique aircraft-heavy design and participation in major Pacific battles, including the Battle of Midway and the Leyte Gulf campaign.
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A.
Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
The Japanese heavy cruiser Atago was a Takao-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a major surface combatant in numerous Pacific Theater engagements during World War II.
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B.
Japanese heavy cruiser Takao
Japanese heavy cruiser Takao was a powerful and heavily armed Takao-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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D.
Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
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E.
Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō
The Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō was a Myōkō-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, participating in numerous major Pacific naval engagements before being heavily damaged and ultimately rendered inoperable.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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heavy cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | floatplanes ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities |
aircraft catapults
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stern flight deck ⓘ |
| antiAircraftArmament | 25 mm Type 96 AA guns ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 18.5 m ⓘ |
| builder |
Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard
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surface form:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard
|
| camouflage | applied late-war disruptive camouflage ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | air attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft ⓘ |
| class | Tone-class cruiser ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1938-11-20 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 874 officers and men ⓘ |
| damaged | by U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ |
| designedRole | reconnaissance support for carrier task forces ⓘ |
| designFeature |
aircraft handling facilities aft
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all main gun turrets forward ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 15,200 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 11,200 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 6.9 m ⓘ |
| fleetAssignment |
Combined Fleet
ⓘ
First Air Fleet ⓘ |
| homePort | Kure Naval Base ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1934-12-01 ⓘ |
| launched | 1937-11-21 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | approximately 201.7 m ⓘ |
| mainArmament | 4 × twin 203 mm guns ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 35 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tone River ⓘ |
| notableEvent | launched reconnaissance aircraft that sighted elements of the U.S. fleet at Midway ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
attack on Pearl Harbor
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surface form:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Indian Ocean raid ⓘ |
| powerOutput | approximately 152,000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | approximately 8,000 nautical miles at 18 knots ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 127 mm dual-purpose guns ⓘ |
| shaftCount | 4 ⓘ |
| sinkingLocation |
Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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surface form:
Kure, Japan
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| sisterShip | Japanese heavy cruiser Chikuma ⓘ |
| status | scrapped in situ after the war ⓘ |
| sunk | 1945-07-24 ⓘ |
| torpedoArmament | 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Japanese heavy cruiser Tone Description of subject: The Japanese heavy cruiser Tone was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy warship known for its unique aircraft-heavy design and participation in major Pacific battles, including the Battle of Midway and the Leyte Gulf campaign.
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heavy cruiser Tone