USS Flaherty (DE-135)
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USS Flaherty (DE-135) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy that served primarily in Atlantic convoy and anti-submarine operations during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Flaherty (DE-135) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9514269 — 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 Flaherty (DE-135) Context triple: [Task Group 22.3, hasShip, USS Flaherty (DE-135)]
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USS Hammann (DE-131)
USS Hammann (DE-131) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Charles Hammann.
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USS Decatur (DD-341)
USS Decatur (DD-341) was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served primarily between World War I and World War II, performing patrol, training, and fleet support duties.
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C.
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) was a John C. Butler–class destroyer escort famed for its heroic, outgunned charge against a superior Japanese fleet during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
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D.
USS Gleaves (DD-423)
USS Gleaves (DD-423) was the lead ship of the Gleaves-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
USS Henley (DD-391)
USS Henley (DD-391) was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
- 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 Flaherty (DE-135) Target entity description: USS Flaherty (DE-135) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy that served primarily in Atlantic convoy and anti-submarine operations during World War II.
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A.
USS Hammann (DE-131)
USS Hammann (DE-131) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Charles Hammann.
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B.
USS Decatur (DD-341)
USS Decatur (DD-341) was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served primarily between World War I and World War II, performing patrol, training, and fleet support duties.
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C.
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) was a John C. Butler–class destroyer escort famed for its heroic, outgunned charge against a superior Japanese fleet during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
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D.
USS Gleaves (DD-423)
USS Gleaves (DD-423) was the lead ship of the Gleaves-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
USS Henley (DD-391)
USS Henley (DD-391) was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Edsall-class destroyer escort
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World War II warship ⓘ |
| armamentType |
anti-submarine weapons
ⓘ
naval guns ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Edsall-class destroyer escorts
ⓘ
World War II destroyer escorts of the United States ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedBy | United States Navy Bureau of Ships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | escort of merchant and military convoys ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
|
| flag | naval ensign of the United States ⓘ |
| hasCommunicationRole | convoy coordination ⓘ |
| hasCrewType | United States Navy enlisted sailors and officers ⓘ |
| hasMissionType |
anti-submarine screening
ⓘ
escort duty ⓘ patrol duty ⓘ |
| hasPropulsion | diesel-electric or diesel propulsion (typical of Edsall class) ⓘ |
| hasSensorType |
sonar (ASDIC) for submarine detection
ⓘ
surface search radar ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DE-135 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United States Navy World War II escort fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | steel hull ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Francis C. Flaherty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameHonor | Ensign Francis C. Flaherty, USNR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalFleet | United States Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
anti-submarine patrols in the Atlantic
ⓘ
escort of transatlantic convoys ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Navy destroyer escort force ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ |
| primaryTheater | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
European waters
ⓘ
North Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceDomain | naval warfare ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | decommissioned ⓘ |
| shipClass | Edsall class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipRole |
convoy protection
ⓘ
escort vessel ⓘ submarine hunter ⓘ |
| shipType | destroyer escort ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Atlantic convoy operations
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anti-submarine operations ⓘ |
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 Flaherty (DE-135) Description of subject: USS Flaherty (DE-135) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy that served primarily in Atlantic convoy and anti-submarine operations during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
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