USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)
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USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate of the United States Navy, notable for surviving severe damage from an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf in 1988.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11716425 — 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 Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) Context triple: [USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), hasSuccessor, USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)]
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USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823)
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the post–World War II era, continuing the legacy of the famed escort destroyer lost at the Battle off Samar.
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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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USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Oliver Hazard Perry–class guided-missile frigates, serving primarily in anti-submarine and escort roles during the late 20th century.
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USS Turner Joy (DD-951)
USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for its controversial role in the events that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Samuel B. Roberts
Samuel B. Roberts was a U.S. Navy coxswain who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II.
- 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 Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) Target entity description: USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate of the United States Navy, notable for surviving severe damage from an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf in 1988.
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USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823)
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the post–World War II era, continuing the legacy of the famed escort destroyer lost at the Battle off Samar.
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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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USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Oliver Hazard Perry–class guided-missile frigates, serving primarily in anti-submarine and escort roles during the late 20th century.
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USS Turner Joy (DD-951)
USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for its controversial role in the events that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Samuel B. Roberts
Samuel B. Roberts was a U.S. Navy coxswain who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
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United States Navy warship ⓘ |
| airCapability | SH-60 Seahawk helicopters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armament |
76 mm OTO Melara gun
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Harpoon anti-ship missiles NERFINISHED ⓘ Mk 13 missile launcher ⓘ Phalanx CIWS NERFINISHED ⓘ SM-1MR Standard missiles ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awarded |
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
NERFINISHED
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Combat Action Ribbon NERFINISHED ⓘ Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Global War on Terrorism Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Joint Meritorious Unit Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Unit Commendation NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Asia Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | 14 m ⓘ |
| builder | Bath Iron Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | no loss of the ship ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1986-04-12 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Iran–Iraq War
NERFINISHED
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Tanker War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 200 personnel ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 2015-05-22 ⓘ |
| decommissioningLocation | Naval Station Mayport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displacement | 4100 tons (full load) ⓘ |
| eventDate | 1988-04-14 ⓘ |
| homeport | Naval Station Mayport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | 58 ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1984-05-08 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1984-12-08 ⓘ |
| length | 135 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | over 29 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Coxswain Samuel Booker Roberts Jr.
NERFINISHED
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Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namesakeShipNumber | third U.S. Navy ship named USS Samuel B. Roberts ⓘ |
| NavyHullClassificationSymbol | FFG-58 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | struck an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf ⓘ |
| operation | Operation Earnest Will NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | FFG-58 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | gas-turbine engines ⓘ |
| repairedAt | Bath Iron Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultOfMining | severe hull and engineering damage ⓘ |
| shipClass | Oliver Hazard Perry class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| subsequentAction | triggered Operation Praying Mantis ⓘ |
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 Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) Description of subject: USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate of the United States Navy, notable for surviving severe damage from an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf in 1988.
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