DD-421
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DD-421 is the hull number of USS Benson, the lead ship of the Benson-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DD-421 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9005278 — 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: DD-421 Context triple: [USS Benson (DD-421), hullNumber, DD-421]
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A.
DD-419
DD-419 was the hull number of USS Wainwright, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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B.
DD-413
DD-413 was the hull number of USS Mustin, a United States Navy Sims-class destroyer that served during World War II.
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C.
DD-417
DD-417 was the hull number of USS Morris, a Sims-class destroyer that served with distinction in the United States Navy during World War II.
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D.
DD-415
DD-415 was the hull number of USS O’Brien, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
DD-411
DD-411 was the hull number of USS Anderson, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
- 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: DD-421 Target entity description: DD-421 is the hull number of USS Benson, the lead ship of the Benson-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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A.
DD-419
DD-419 was the hull number of USS Wainwright, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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B.
DD-413
DD-413 was the hull number of USS Mustin, a United States Navy Sims-class destroyer that served during World War II.
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C.
DD-417
DD-417 was the hull number of USS Morris, a Sims-class destroyer that served with distinction in the United States Navy during World War II.
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D.
DD-415
DD-415 was the hull number of USS O’Brien, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
DD-411
DD-411 was the hull number of USS Anderson, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benson-class destroyer
ⓘ
World War II warship ⓘ destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
5 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns
ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awarded | battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | approx. 36 ft ⓘ |
| builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Quincy, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1940-07-25 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approx. 250 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1946-03-18 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approx. 2500 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approx. 1620 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | approx. 17 ft ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| hasCallsign | USS Benson (DD-421) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHullNumber | DD-421 ⓘ |
| hasName | USS Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1938-05-16 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1939-11-15 ⓘ |
| leadShipOfClass | Benson-class destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | approx. 348 ft ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 37 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William S. Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ |
| namesakeOccupationHolder | Admiral William S. Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalFleet | United States Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | DD-421 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
geared turbines
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ twin screws ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
convoy protection ⓘ escort duties ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | 1947 ⓘ |
| servedInTheater |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipClass | Benson-class destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Allied landings at Salerno
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Allied landings in Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: DD-421 Description of subject: DD-421 is the hull number of USS Benson, the lead ship of the Benson-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.