USS Miller (FF-1091)
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USS Miller (FF-1091) was a U.S. Navy Knox-class frigate named in honor of Doris Miller, the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for his heroism at Pearl Harbor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Miller (FF-1091) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7556716 — 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 Miller (FF-1091) Context triple: [Doris Miller, commemoratedBy, USS Miller (FF-1091)]
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A.
USS Turner Joy (DD-951)
USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for its controversial role in the events that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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B.
USS Noa (DD-841)
USS Noa (DD-841) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for recovering astronaut John Glenn and his Friendship 7 capsule after the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission.
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C.
DDG-67
DDG-67 is the hull number of USS Cole, a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer famously damaged in the 2000 terrorist bombing in Yemen.
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D.
USS La Vallette (DD-448)
USS La Vallette (DD-448) was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
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E.
USS Walke (DD-723)
USS Walke (DD-723) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
- 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 Miller (FF-1091) Target entity description: USS Miller (FF-1091) was a U.S. Navy Knox-class frigate named in honor of Doris Miller, the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for his heroism at Pearl Harbor.
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A.
USS Turner Joy (DD-951)
USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for its controversial role in the events that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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B.
USS Noa (DD-841)
USS Noa (DD-841) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for recovering astronaut John Glenn and his Friendship 7 capsule after the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission.
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C.
DDG-67
DDG-67 is the hull number of USS Cole, a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer famously damaged in the 2000 terrorist bombing in Yemen.
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D.
USS La Vallette (DD-448)
USS La Vallette (DD-448) was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
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E.
USS Walke (DD-723)
USS Walke (DD-723) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Knox-class frigate
ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities | flight deck for LAMPS helicopter ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch/54 caliber gun
ⓘ
ASROC launcher ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 47 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Avondale Shipyards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1971 ships
ⓘ
Cold War frigates of the United States ⓘ Knox-class frigates of the United States Navy ⓘ Ships built in Avondale, Louisiana ⓘ |
| class | Knox class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedDate | 30 June 1973 ⓘ |
| conflictParticipation | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decommissionedDate | 15 October 1991 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 4200 tons full load ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as a target ⓘ |
| homeport | Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honors | received unit awards during service ⓘ |
| hullNumber | FF-1091 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownDate | 22 June 1970 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 15 May 1971 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 438 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 27 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Doris Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namesakeDistinction | first African American to receive the Navy Cross ⓘ |
| namesakeEvent | Attack on Pearl Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namesakeOccupation | United States Navy sailor ⓘ |
| navalRegisterStatus | stricken ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | FF-1091 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousClassification | destroyer escort ⓘ |
| previousHullNumber | DE-1091 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole | anti-submarine warfare ⓘ |
| propulsion |
1 steam turbine
ⓘ
2 boilers ⓘ single propeller ⓘ |
| reclassificationDate | 30 June 1975 ⓘ |
| reclassifiedAs | frigate (FF-1091) ⓘ |
| shipType | frigate ⓘ |
| shipyardLocation | Avondale, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strickenDate | 11 January 1995 ⓘ |
| sunkDate | 4 August 1999 ⓘ |
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 Miller (FF-1091) Description of subject: USS Miller (FF-1091) was a U.S. Navy Knox-class frigate named in honor of Doris Miller, the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for his heroism at Pearl Harbor.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.