USS Stack (DD-406)
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USS Stack (DD-406) was a United States Navy destroyer that served before and during World War II, participating in Atlantic and Pacific operations including convoy escort and combat support.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Stack (DD-406) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9562411 — 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 Stack (DD-406) Context triple: [Benham-class destroyer, shipCompleted, USS Stack (DD-406)]
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A.
USS Trippe (DD-403)
USS Trippe (DD-403) was a United States Navy destroyer that served actively during World War II in both the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters.
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B.
USS Mayrant (DD-402)
USS Mayrant (DD-402) was a United States Navy destroyer that served actively during World War II, participating in Atlantic convoy escort duties and major Mediterranean operations.
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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 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 Walke (DD-416)
USS Walke (DD-416) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II before being sunk in the Guadalcanal campaign.
- 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 Stack (DD-406) Target entity description: USS Stack (DD-406) was a United States Navy destroyer that served before and during World War II, participating in Atlantic and Pacific operations including convoy escort and combat support.
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A.
USS Trippe (DD-403)
USS Trippe (DD-403) was a United States Navy destroyer that served actively during World War II in both the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters.
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B.
USS Mayrant (DD-402)
USS Mayrant (DD-402) was a United States Navy destroyer that served actively during World War II, participating in Atlantic convoy escort duties and major Mediterranean operations.
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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 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 Walke (DD-416)
USS Walke (DD-416) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II before being sunk in the Guadalcanal campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benham-class destroyer
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United States Navy destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
5 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awards | 8 battle stars ⓘ |
| beam | 35 ft 6 in ⓘ |
| builder | Boston Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1938 ships
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Ships built in Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ World War II destroyers of the United States ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1939-11-20 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 184 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1945-11-01 ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 1500 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 9 ft 8 in ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| homeport | various U.S. Navy bases ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-406 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1937-06-25 ⓘ |
| launched | 1938-05-06 ⓘ |
| length | 341 ft 3 in ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 38 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edward Stack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Aleutian Islands campaign
NERFINISHED
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Atlantic convoy escort operations ⓘ Guadalcanal campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ New Guinea operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines campaign (1944–1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 propeller shafts
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geared turbines ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
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convoy escort ⓘ screening for larger warships ⓘ shore bombardment ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra |
World War II
NERFINISHED
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pre-World War II ⓘ |
| shipClass | Benham class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | Miss Margaret Stack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stricken | 1945-11-28 ⓘ |
| theater |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Pacific Ocean 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 Stack (DD-406) Description of subject: USS Stack (DD-406) was a United States Navy destroyer that served before and during World War II, participating in Atlantic and Pacific operations including convoy escort and combat support.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.