USS Hatteras
E518427
USS Hatteras was a Union Navy steamer during the American Civil War, best known for being sunk by the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama in 1863.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Hatteras canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5403952 — 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 Hatteras Context triple: [Raphael Semmes, shipSunkByCommand, USS Hatteras]
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A.
USS Raleigh
USS Raleigh was a United States Navy protected cruiser best known for its service with the Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish–American War, including action at the Battle of Manila Bay.
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B.
USS Cassin Young
USS Cassin Young is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship in Boston, Massachusetts.
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C.
USS Cabot
USS Cabot was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served with distinction during World War II and later in the Spanish Navy under the name Dédalo.
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D.
USS Leonard F. Mason
USS Leonard F. Mason was a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for serving as the primary recovery ship for NASA’s Gemini 8 space mission.
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E.
USS Providence
USS Providence was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy that served during the American Revolutionary War, participating in several key naval operations against British forces.
- 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 Hatteras Target entity description: USS Hatteras was a Union Navy steamer during the American Civil War, best known for being sunk by the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama in 1863.
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A.
USS Raleigh
USS Raleigh was a United States Navy protected cruiser best known for its service with the Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish–American War, including action at the Battle of Manila Bay.
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B.
USS Cassin Young
USS Cassin Young is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship in Boston, Massachusetts.
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C.
USS Cabot
USS Cabot was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served with distinction during World War II and later in the Spanish Navy under the name Dédalo.
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D.
USS Leonard F. Mason
USS Leonard F. Mason was a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for serving as the primary recovery ship for NASA’s Gemini 8 space mission.
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E.
USS Providence
USS Providence was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy that served during the American Revolutionary War, participating in several key naval operations against British forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Navy ship
ⓘ
steamship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union ⓘ |
| armamentType | naval guns ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Union blockade of the Confederacy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
commerce raiding in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| belligerent | Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | commercial service ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| duty | Union blockade of Confederate ports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagementResult | defeat by CSS Alabama ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in combat ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | example of commerce raider effectiveness ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1860s ⓘ |
| laterConvertedTo | gunboat ⓘ |
| navalCampaign | Union blockade operations in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| navalTechnology | early steam warship ⓘ |
| notableEngagement | Action off Galveston against CSS Alabama ⓘ |
| notableFor | being sunk by CSS Alabama ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Gulf of Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
waters off Texas ⓘ |
| opponent | Confederate States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponentShip | CSS Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam ⓘ |
| role |
blockade enforcement ship
ⓘ
blockade runner hunter ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass | gunboat ⓘ |
| shipRole | Union blockading vessel ⓘ |
| shipType | side‑wheel steamer ⓘ |
| sinkingCause | naval gunfire ⓘ |
| sinkingDate | January 11, 1863 ⓘ |
| sinkingLocation |
Gulf of Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
off Galveston, Texas ⓘ |
| sinkingYear | 1863 ⓘ |
| status | shipwreck ⓘ |
| sunkBy | CSS Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Gulf Blockading Squadron area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wreckLocation | off the coast of Texas ⓘ |
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 Hatteras Description of subject: USS Hatteras was a Union Navy steamer during the American Civil War, best known for being sunk by the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama in 1863.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.