USS Redfin (SS-272)
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USS Redfin (SS-272) was a Gato-class U.S. Navy submarine that conducted multiple war patrols in the Pacific during World War II, attacking Japanese shipping and earning several battle stars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Redfin (SS-272) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5553548 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS Redfin (SS-272) Context triple: [Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze, torpedoedBy, USS Redfin (SS-272)]
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USS Croaker (SS-246)
USS Croaker (SS-246) is a World War II-era Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy that earned multiple battle stars in the Pacific and is now preserved as a museum ship.
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USS Lionfish (SS-298)
USS Lionfish (SS-298) is a World War II-era Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy now preserved as a museum ship.
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USS Bowfin (SS-287)
USS Bowfin (SS-287) is a World War II-era American Balao-class submarine famed for its successful wartime patrols in the Pacific and preservation as a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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USS Drum (SS-228)
USS Drum (SS-228) is a World War II-era Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, renowned for its combat service in the Pacific and now preserved as a museum ship.
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E.
USS Silversides (SS-236)
USS Silversides (SS-236) is a World War II-era Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy renowned for its successful combat patrols in the Pacific and now preserved as a museum ship.
- 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: USS Redfin (SS-272) Target entity description: USS Redfin (SS-272) was a Gato-class U.S. Navy submarine that conducted multiple war patrols in the Pacific during World War II, attacking Japanese shipping and earning several battle stars.
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A.
USS Croaker (SS-246)
USS Croaker (SS-246) is a World War II-era Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy that earned multiple battle stars in the Pacific and is now preserved as a museum ship.
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B.
USS Lionfish (SS-298)
USS Lionfish (SS-298) is a World War II-era Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy now preserved as a museum ship.
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C.
USS Bowfin (SS-287)
USS Bowfin (SS-287) is a World War II-era American Balao-class submarine famed for its successful wartime patrols in the Pacific and preservation as a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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D.
USS Drum (SS-228)
USS Drum (SS-228) is a World War II-era Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, renowned for its combat service in the Pacific and now preserved as a museum ship.
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E.
USS Silversides (SS-236)
USS Silversides (SS-236) is a World War II-era Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy renowned for its successful combat patrols in the Pacific and now preserved as a museum ship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gato-class submarine
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United States Navy submarine ⓘ World War II submarine ⓘ |
| armament |
anti-aircraft guns
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deck gun ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awarded | battle stars ⓘ |
| belligerentAgainst | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Gato-class submarines of the United States Navy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ships of the United States Navy ⓘ World War II submarines of the United States ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewType | submarine crew ⓘ |
| designedFor |
long-range patrols
ⓘ
ocean-going operations ⓘ |
| earned | several battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| engagedTarget |
Imperial Japanese Navy vessels
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese merchant shipping ⓘ |
| engagementType |
surface gun attacks
ⓘ
torpedo attacks ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to the U.S. submarine campaign against Japanese shipping in World War II ⓘ |
| hullNumber | SS-272 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
anti-shipping operations
ⓘ
war patrols ⓘ |
| namedAfter | redfin fish ⓘ |
| navalFleet | U.S. Pacific Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalWarfareType | submarine warfare ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attacks on Japanese shipping
ⓘ
multiple successful war patrols in the Pacific ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | submarine war patrols in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ |
| partOf | United States submarine fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | torpedoes ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| role |
attack submarine
ⓘ
commerce raider ⓘ |
| service | World War II Pacific submarine campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceStatusDuringWWII | active ⓘ |
| shipClass | Gato class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType | diesel-electric attack submarine ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Redfin (SS-272) Description of subject: USS Redfin (SS-272) was a Gato-class U.S. Navy submarine that conducted multiple war patrols in the Pacific during World War II, attacking Japanese shipping and earning several battle stars.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.