USS Essex (1799)
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USS Essex (1799) was a 32-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy that served with distinction in the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812 before being captured by the British in 1814.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Essex (1799) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8405350 — 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 Essex (1799) Context triple: [USS Essex, namedAfter, USS Essex (1799)]
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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.
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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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C.
USS Macdonough
USS Macdonough is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring Commodore Thomas Macdonough, a notable naval officer from the War of 1812.
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USS Preble
USS Preble was a U.S. Navy warship that gained distinction for its service during the War of 1812, particularly in the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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E.
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.
- 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 Essex (1799) Target entity description: USS Essex (1799) was a 32-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy that served with distinction in the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812 before being captured by the British in 1814.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
USS Macdonough
USS Macdonough is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring Commodore Thomas Macdonough, a notable naval officer from the War of 1812.
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D.
USS Preble
USS Preble was a U.S. Navy warship that gained distinction for its service during the War of 1812, particularly in the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy frigate
ⓘ
sailing frigate ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament | 32 guns ⓘ |
| builder | Enos Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Salem, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedAt | Battle of Valparaiso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedByShip |
HMS Cherub
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HMS Phoebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedIn | 1814 ⓘ |
| class | Essex-class frigate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1799 ⓘ |
| conflictOpponent |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 300 officers and men ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 860 tons burthen ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| fate | captured ⓘ |
| flag | flag of the United States ⓘ |
| fundedBy | private subscription ⓘ |
| gunDeck | main battery of 12-pounder long guns ⓘ |
| homePort | Salem, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| laterName | HMS Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launched | 1799 ⓘ |
| name | USS Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAction |
capture of British whaling ships in the Pacific
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commerce raiding in the Pacific during the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
David Porter
NERFINISHED
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Edward Preble NERFINISHED ⓘ William Bainbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
blockaded in Valparaiso, Chile, in 1814
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rounded Cape Horn into the Pacific in 1813 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Quasi-War
NERFINISHED
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War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| purchasedBy | United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purchasedFor | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | shorter-range carronades ⓘ |
| servedInTheater |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | Quasi-War with France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | citizens of Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| usedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
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 Essex (1799) Description of subject: USS Essex (1799) was a 32-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy that served with distinction in the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812 before being captured by the British in 1814.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Essex (CV-9)