USS O’Brien (DD-415)
E42817
USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS O’Brien (DD-415) canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T302027 — 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 O’Brien (DD-415) Context triple: [Sims-class destroyer, notableShip, USS O’Brien (DD-415)]
-
A.
USS Hammann (DD-412)
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.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
USS Mustin (DD-413)
USS Mustin (DD-413) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat operations.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
USS Russell (DD-414)
USS Russell (DD-414) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat operations.
- 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 O’Brien (DD-415) Target entity description: USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
-
A.
USS Hammann (DD-412)
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.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
USS Mustin (DD-413)
USS Mustin (DD-413) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat operations.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
USS Russell (DD-414)
USS Russell (DD-414) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sims-class destroyer
ⓘ
United States Navy destroyer ⓘ World War II warship ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 21 in torpedo tubes
ⓘ
5 × 5 in/38 caliber guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ |
| awarded | 1 battle star for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 36 ft 1 in ⓘ |
| builder |
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
ⓘ
Fore River Shipbuilding Company ⓘ
surface form:
Fore River Shipyard
|
| category |
Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts
ⓘ
World War II destroyers of the United States ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | hull failure while en route for repairs ⓘ |
| commissioned | 2 March 1940 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 192 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| damagedBy | Japanese torpedo ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 19 October 1942 ⓘ |
| dateOfTorpedoAttack | 15 September 1942 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 2179 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 1570 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 13 ft 4 in ⓘ |
| escortDuty |
Allied convoy system
ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic convoys
|
| fate | sank due to progressive structural damage from torpedo hit ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-415 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 31 May 1938 ⓘ |
| launched | 20 October 1939 ⓘ |
| length | 348 ft 3 in ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking | near Samoa ⓘ |
| locationOfTorpedoAttack | south of the Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 35 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jeremiah O’Brien ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Pacific War ⓘ |
| prewarActivity | Neutrality Patrol in the Atlantic ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 propeller shafts
ⓘ
geared steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ screening for capital ships ⓘ |
| shipClass | Sims class ⓘ |
| sponsor | Miss Josephine O’Brien Campbell ⓘ |
| theater |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| torpedoedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-19 ⓘ |
| transferredTo | Pacific Fleet in 1942 ⓘ |
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 O’Brien (DD-415) Description of subject: USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sims-class destroyer