USS Lang (DD-399)
E815093
USS Lang (DD-399) was a United States Navy destroyer that served actively during World War II, participating in numerous Pacific Theater operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Lang (DD-399) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9562406 — 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 Lang (DD-399) Context triple: [Benham-class destroyer, shipCompleted, USS Lang (DD-399)]
-
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.
-
B.
USS Benham (DD-397)
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.
-
C.
USS La Vallette (DD-448)
USS La Vallette (DD-448) was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
USS Ellet (DD-398)
USS Ellet (DD-398) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, participating in major campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands.
- 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 Lang (DD-399) Target entity description: USS Lang (DD-399) was a United States Navy destroyer that served actively during World War II, participating in numerous Pacific Theater operations.
-
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.
-
B.
USS Benham (DD-397)
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.
-
C.
USS La Vallette (DD-448)
USS La Vallette (DD-448) was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
USS Ellet (DD-398)
USS Ellet (DD-398) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, participating in major campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benham-class destroyer
ⓘ
United States Navy destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 21 in torpedo tubes
ⓘ
4 × 5 in/38 caliber guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ |
| awarded | 11 battle stars ⓘ |
| awards | Presidential Unit Citation (Philippine)}]} NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | 35 ft 6 in ⓘ |
| builder |
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fore River Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1939-03-30 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | about 184 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1946-02-16 ⓘ |
| displacement |
1500 long tons standard
ⓘ
2050 long tons full load ⓘ |
| draft | 9 ft 8 in ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-399 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1937-06-05 ⓘ |
| launched | 1938-08-28 ⓘ |
| length | 341 ft 3 in ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 38 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Bougainville operations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guadalcanal campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Leyte operation NERFINISHED ⓘ Luzon operation NERFINISHED ⓘ New Georgia campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinawa campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Quincy, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 propeller shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare ship
ⓘ
escort ship ⓘ screening vessel for task forces ⓘ shore bombardment ship ⓘ |
| shipClass | Benham class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soldForScrap | 1947-10-31 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Miss R. Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stricken | 1947-03-25 ⓘ |
| 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 Lang (DD-399) Description of subject: USS Lang (DD-399) was a United States Navy destroyer that served actively during World War II, participating in numerous Pacific Theater operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.