USS New Ironsides
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USS New Ironsides was a powerful Union ironclad warship of the American Civil War, renowned for its heavy armor and effective bombardment in major coastal operations.
All labels observed (1)
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| USS New Ironsides canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6304228 — 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 New Ironsides Context triple: [Union Navy, notableShip, USS New Ironsides]
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USS Constitution
USS Constitution is a historic wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, famed for her victories in the War of 1812 and recognized as the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
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USS Lake Champlain
USS Lake Champlain was a U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that served in World War II, the Korean War, and later as a recovery ship for early American crewed space missions.
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USS Chesapeake
USS Chesapeake was a United States Navy frigate active during the early 19th century, best known for its role in the War of 1812 and its capture by the British HMS Shannon.
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Fort Constitution
Fort Constitution is a historic coastal defense fortification located at the mouth of the Piscataqua River in New Castle, near Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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USS Guerriere
USS Guerriere was a U.S. Navy frigate of the early 19th century, notable for its service during the post-War of 1812 era under prominent American naval officers.
- 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 New Ironsides Target entity description: USS New Ironsides was a powerful Union ironclad warship of the American Civil War, renowned for its heavy armor and effective bombardment in major coastal operations.
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A.
USS Constitution
USS Constitution is a historic wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, famed for her victories in the War of 1812 and recognized as the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
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B.
USS Lake Champlain
USS Lake Champlain was a U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that served in World War II, the Korean War, and later as a recovery ship for early American crewed space missions.
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C.
USS Chesapeake
USS Chesapeake was a United States Navy frigate active during the early 19th century, best known for its role in the War of 1812 and its capture by the British HMS Shannon.
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D.
Fort Constitution
Fort Constitution is a historic coastal defense fortification located at the mouth of the Piscataqua River in New Castle, near Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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E.
USS Guerriere
USS Guerriere was a U.S. Navy frigate of the early 19th century, notable for its service during the post-War of 1812 era under prominent American naval officers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union warship
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broadside ironclad ⓘ steam-powered ironclad warship ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union ⓘ |
| armament |
8-inch Parrott rifles
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XI-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns ⓘ broadside battery of heavy guns ⓘ |
| armorThickness | up to about 4.5 inches of iron ⓘ |
| armorType | iron armor plating ⓘ |
| attackedBy | Confederate spar-torpedo boat CSS David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | about 57 feet ⓘ |
| builder |
Merrick & Sons
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 21 August 1862 ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | combination of wood and iron ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 400–450 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfAttack | 5 October 1863 ⓘ |
| dateOfDestruction | 16 December 1866 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1865 ⓘ |
| designedAs | ocean-going armored frigate ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 4,120 long tons ⓘ |
| fate | destroyed by accidental fire ⓘ |
| homePortDuringWar | various South Atlantic Blockading Squadron bases ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | wooden hull ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1861 ⓘ |
| launched | 10 May 1862 ⓘ |
| length | about 232 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter | USS Ironsides (Constitution) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the most powerful Union ironclads
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durability under fire ⓘ effective coastal bombardment ⓘ heavy armor protection ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| orderedBy | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
First Battle of Charleston Harbor
NERFINISHED
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Second Battle of Fort Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ Union blockade of Charleston NERFINISHED ⓘ bombardment of Fort Sumter NERFINISHED ⓘ operations against Charleston defenses ⓘ |
| placeOfDestruction | League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
sail rig
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steam engine ⓘ |
| resultOfAttack | damaged but not sunk ⓘ |
| role |
blockade enforcement
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coastal bombardment ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1865 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1862 ⓘ |
| squadronAssignment | South Atlantic Blockading Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Atlantic coast of the Confederate States 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 New Ironsides Description of subject: USS New Ironsides was a powerful Union ironclad warship of the American Civil War, renowned for its heavy armor and effective bombardment in major coastal operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.