USS Benham (DD-397)
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USS Benham (DD-397) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II as the lead ship of her class.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Benham (DD-397) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9562404 — 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 Benham (DD-397) Context triple: [Benham-class destroyer, shipCompleted, USS Benham (DD-397)]
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A.
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.
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B.
USS Sampson (DD-394)
USS Sampson (DD-394) was a United States Navy Somers-class destroyer that served primarily in the Atlantic during World War II.
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C.
USS Hammann (DD-412)
USS Hammann (DD-412) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
USS Benson (DD-421)
USS Benson (DD-421) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer and the lead ship of the Benson-class.
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E.
USS Bagley (DD-386)
USS Bagley (DD-386) was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served actively during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
- 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 Benham (DD-397) Target entity description: USS Benham (DD-397) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II as the lead ship of her class.
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A.
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.
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B.
USS Sampson (DD-394)
USS Sampson (DD-394) was a United States Navy Somers-class destroyer that served primarily in the Atlantic during World War II.
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C.
USS Hammann (DD-412)
USS Hammann (DD-412) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
USS Benson (DD-421)
USS Benson (DD-421) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer and the lead ship of the Benson-class.
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E.
USS Bagley (DD-386)
USS Bagley (DD-386) was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served actively during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II naval ship
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destroyer ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch/38 caliber guns
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awarded | battle stars ⓘ |
| beam | about 35 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildLocation | Kearny, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1938 ships
ⓘ
Benham-class destroyers of the United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Ships built in Kearny, New Jersey ⓘ World War II destroyers of the United States ⓘ |
| class | Benham-class destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 2 February 1939 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | approximately 250 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 7 December 1942 ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | about 1500 long tons ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-397 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1 September 1936 ⓘ |
| launched | 16 April 1938 ⓘ |
| leadShipOfClass | Benham-class destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 340 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 38 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Andrew Ellicot Kennedy Benham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navy | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | service as lead ship of Benham-class destroyers ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Midway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guadalcanal Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
steam turbines
ⓘ
twin screws ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
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escort duties ⓘ screening aircraft carriers ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | pre–World War II U.S. Navy expansion ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mrs. A. E. K. Benham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkDuring | Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 15 November 1942 ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific Theater of Operations 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: USS Benham (DD-397) Description of subject: USS Benham (DD-397) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II as the lead ship of her class.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.