Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
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Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company was a major American shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, known for constructing and repairing naval and commercial vessels, especially during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company canonical | 1 |
| Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9562944 — 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: Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Context triple: [T2 tanker, builtBy, Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company]
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A.
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company was a major American shipyard in Kearny, New Jersey, that built numerous naval vessels, particularly destroyers, for the U.S. Navy during the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
American Ship Building Company
American Ship Building Company was a prominent U.S. shipbuilding firm best known for constructing Great Lakes freighters and other commercial vessels during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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C.
Wheeler Shipbuilding
Wheeler Shipbuilding was an American boatbuilding company best known for constructing the yacht Granma, which carried Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956.
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D.
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipbuilding company, particularly prominent in the early to mid-20th century for constructing numerous naval and commercial vessels.
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E.
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) is a major American shipbuilding and repair yard based in San Diego, California, known for constructing commercial and military vessels.
- 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: Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Target entity description: Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company was a major American shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, known for constructing and repairing naval and commercial vessels, especially during World War II.
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A.
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company was a major American shipyard in Kearny, New Jersey, that built numerous naval vessels, particularly destroyers, for the U.S. Navy during the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
American Ship Building Company
American Ship Building Company was a prominent U.S. shipbuilding firm best known for constructing Great Lakes freighters and other commercial vessels during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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C.
Wheeler Shipbuilding
Wheeler Shipbuilding was an American boatbuilding company best known for constructing the yacht Granma, which carried Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956.
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D.
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipbuilding company, particularly prominent in the early to mid-20th century for constructing numerous naval and commercial vessels.
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E.
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) is a major American shipbuilding and repair yard based in San Diego, California, known for constructing commercial and military vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
shipbuilding company
ⓘ
shipyard ⓘ |
| associatedWithWaterBody |
Mobile Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mobile River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| contributedTo | United States war production effort in World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| economicImpact | contributed to industrial growth of Mobile, Alabama ⓘ |
| employerRole | major wartime industrial employer in Mobile, Alabama ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence |
1940s
ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ |
| geographicFeature | located on Mobile River waterfront ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName | ADDSCO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
dry dock
ⓘ
shipyard ⓘ |
| hasWorkforceCharacteristic | large industrial labor force during World War II ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
supported U.S. Navy fleet expansion in World War II
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supported U.S. merchant marine during World War II ⓘ |
| industry |
maritime engineering
ⓘ
ship repair ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Gulf Coast of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Mobile County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Mobile, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Mobile metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
construction of commercial vessels
ⓘ
construction of naval vessels during World War II ⓘ repair of commercial vessels ⓘ repair of naval vessels during World War II ⓘ |
| operatedDuringConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | United States wartime shipbuilding program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
United States Navy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
commercial shipping industry ⓘ |
| sector |
defense industry
ⓘ
maritime transport industry ⓘ |
| significance | major American shipyard on the Gulf Coast ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | Gulf of Mexico maritime operations ⓘ |
| typeOfVesselBuilt |
commercial vessels
ⓘ
naval vessels ⓘ |
| typeOfVesselRepaired |
commercial vessels
ⓘ
naval vessels ⓘ |
| usedFor |
construction of steel-hulled ships
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overhaul and maintenance of ships ⓘ |
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: Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Description of subject: Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company was a major American shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, known for constructing and repairing naval and commercial vessels, especially during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
T2 tanker
subject surface form:
Liberty ship
this entity surface form:
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company