USS Wilson (DD-408)
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USS Wilson (DD-408) was a United States Navy destroyer that served actively during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Wilson (DD-408) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9562413 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS Wilson (DD-408) Context triple: [Benham-class destroyer, shipCompleted, USS Wilson (DD-408)]
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A.
USS Wainwright (DD-419)
USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently during World War II, earning distinction for its convoy escort, anti-submarine, and combat operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
USS O’Brien (DD-415)
USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
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E.
USS Sterett (DD-407)
USS Sterett (DD-407) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served with distinction in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat actions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS Wilson (DD-408) Target entity description: USS Wilson (DD-408) was a United States Navy destroyer that served actively during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
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A.
USS Wainwright (DD-419)
USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently during World War II, earning distinction for its convoy escort, anti-submarine, and combat operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
USS O’Brien (DD-415)
USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
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E.
USS Sterett (DD-407)
USS Sterett (DD-407) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served with distinction in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat actions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benham-class destroyer
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United States Navy destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
5 × 5 in/38 caliber guns
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awarded | 11 battle stars ⓘ |
| beam | 35 ft 6 in ⓘ |
| builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Benham class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1939-07-05 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 250 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1946-07-29 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 2500 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 1500 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 9 ft 8 in ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as target ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-408 ⓘ |
| laidDownAt | Puget Sound Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1937-04-22 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1939-04-12 ⓘ |
| length | 341 ft 3 in ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 38 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Louis Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Savo Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Iwo Jima operation NERFINISHED ⓘ Marianas campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinawa campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededByClass | Sims-class destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 propeller shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
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screening for aircraft carriers ⓘ shore bombardment ⓘ |
| servedDuring | World War II in the Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | pre-World War II ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mrs. Louis H. Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strickenFromNavalRegisterOn | 1947-08-01 ⓘ |
| succeededByClass | Gleaves-class destroyer ⓘ |
| sunkAsTargetOn | 1948-03-08 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Wilson (DD-408) Description of subject: USS Wilson (DD-408) was a United States Navy destroyer that served actively during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.