USS Hammann (DD-412)
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USS Hammann (DD-412) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Hammann (DD-412) canonical | 10 |
| USS Hammann | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T302024 — 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 Hammann (DD-412) Context triple: [Sims-class destroyer, notableShip, USS Hammann (DD-412)]
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A.
USS Anderson (DD-411)
USS Anderson (DD-411) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that saw extensive service in World War II, participating in major Pacific campaigns and earning multiple battle stars before being sunk during atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.
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B.
USS Hughes (DD-410)
USS Hughes (DD-410) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in major battles and surviving a kamikaze attack.
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C.
USS Sims (DD-409)
USS Sims (DD-409) was the lead ship of her class of U.S. Navy destroyers that served in the early years of World War II before being sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942.
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D.
USS Hancock
USS Hancock was a prominent frigate of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against the British.
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E.
USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 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 Hammann (DD-412) Target entity description: USS Hammann (DD-412) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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A.
USS Anderson (DD-411)
USS Anderson (DD-411) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that saw extensive service in World War II, participating in major Pacific campaigns and earning multiple battle stars before being sunk during atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.
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B.
USS Hughes (DD-410)
USS Hughes (DD-410) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in major battles and surviving a kamikaze attack.
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C.
USS Sims (DD-409)
USS Sims (DD-409) was the lead ship of her class of U.S. Navy destroyers that served in the early years of World War II before being sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942.
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D.
USS Hancock
USS Hancock was a prominent frigate of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against the British.
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E.
USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sims-class destroyer
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United States Navy destroyer ⓘ World War II warship ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch/38 caliber guns
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awards |
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
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surface form:
Presidential Unit Citation
four battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company ⓘ |
| builderLocation | Kearny, New Jersey ⓘ |
| casualties | significant loss of crew when sunk at Midway ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168 ⓘ |
| commissioned | 11 August 1939 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 192 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| dateOfKeelLaying | 17 January 1938 ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 6 June 1942 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 1,570 tons standard ⓘ |
| era | interwar and early World War II period ⓘ |
| escortDuties | aircraft carriers ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-412 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 17 January 1938 ⓘ |
| launched | 4 February 1939 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 348 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles Hammann ⓘ |
| navalRegistryStatus | stricken after sinking ⓘ |
| notableAssociation | USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Midway
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Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
|
| placeOfSinking | near Midway Atoll ⓘ |
| preWarService | Atlantic neutrality patrols ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| reassignedTo |
U.S. Pacific Fleet
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surface form:
Pacific Fleet
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| roleAtMidway |
provided damage-control and pumping assistance to USS Yorktown (CV-5)
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screening and support ship for USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1942 ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1939 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Sims class ⓘ |
| speed | about 35 knots ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mrs. Charles Hammann ⓘ |
| successorNamesake | USS Hammann (DE-131) ⓘ |
| sunkWhile | alongside USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific War
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surface form:
Pacific Theater
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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 Hammann (DD-412) Description of subject: USS Hammann (DD-412) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sims-class destroyer
this entity surface form:
USS Hammann
this entity surface form:
USS Hammann
subject surface form:
Sims-class destroyer