Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
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Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine is a major American shipbuilding company best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships, including numerous guided-missile frigates and destroyers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7680278 — 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: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Context triple: [USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7), shipyard, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine]
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A.
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Company was a major early 20th-century American shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, known for constructing significant U.S. Navy warships and commercial vessels.
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B.
Toledo Shipyard
Toledo Shipyard is a major Great Lakes shipbuilding and repair facility located in Toledo, Ohio, supporting commercial and industrial maritime operations at the Port of Toledo.
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C.
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships including numerous modern destroyers and amphibious assault ships.
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D.
Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana
Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana, was a major American shipbuilding and repair facility known for constructing naval, commercial, and research vessels along the Mississippi River.
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E.
Eldean Shipyard
Eldean Shipyard is a full-service marina and boatyard located on Lake Macatawa in Michigan, known for its docking, storage, and marine maintenance services.
- 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: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Target entity description: Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine is a major American shipbuilding company best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships, including numerous guided-missile frigates and destroyers.
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A.
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Company was a major early 20th-century American shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, known for constructing significant U.S. Navy warships and commercial vessels.
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B.
Toledo Shipyard
Toledo Shipyard is a major Great Lakes shipbuilding and repair facility located in Toledo, Ohio, supporting commercial and industrial maritime operations at the Port of Toledo.
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C.
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships including numerous modern destroyers and amphibious assault ships.
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D.
Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana
Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana, was a major American shipbuilding and repair facility known for constructing naval, commercial, and research vessels along the Mississippi River.
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E.
Eldean Shipyard
Eldean Shipyard is a full-service marina and boatyard located on Lake Macatawa in Michigan, known for its docking, storage, and marine maintenance services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | shipbuilding company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | General Dynamics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| builtForConflict |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| economicRole |
key contributor to Maine economy
ⓘ
major employer in Bath, Maine ⓘ |
| employsApprox | thousands of workers ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Thomas W. Hyde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1884 ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | BIW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDesignCapability | naval ship design ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
dry dock
ⓘ
fitting-out pier ⓘ shipyard ⓘ |
| hasLaunchSite | Kennebec River waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkforceType |
skilled trades
ⓘ
unionized labor ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bath, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
defense industry
ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ |
| knownFor |
construction of U.S. Navy warships
ⓘ
construction of guided-missile destroyers ⓘ construction of guided-missile frigates ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bath, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOnRiver | Kennebec River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableProductType |
cruiser hull
ⓘ
destroyer ⓘ frigate ⓘ |
| operatedBy | General Dynamics Bath Iron Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | General Dynamics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCustomer | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedClass |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate NERFINISHED ⓘ Ticonderoga-class cruiser hulls ⓘ Zumwalt-class destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionallyKnownAs | BIW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | aerospace and defense ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
naval engineering
ⓘ
surface combatant ships ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
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: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Description of subject: Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine is a major American shipbuilding company best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships, including numerous guided-missile frigates and destroyers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.