USS Hammann (DE-131)
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USS Hammann (DE-131) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Charles Hammann.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Hammann (DE-131) canonical | 6 |
| United States Navy ship USS Hammann (DE-131) | 1 |
| destroyer escort USS Hammann | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1059119 — 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 Hammann (DE-131) Context triple: [Charles Hammann, memorializedBy, USS Hammann (DE-131)]
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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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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 Mustin (DD-413)
USS Mustin (DD-413) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat operations.
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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 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.
- 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 Hammann (DE-131) Target entity description: USS Hammann (DE-131) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Charles Hammann.
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A.
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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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 Mustin (DD-413)
USS Mustin (DD-413) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat operations.
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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 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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Edsall-class destroyer escort
ⓘ
World War II-era warship ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Navy ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | DE-131 ⓘ |
| hasNamePrefix | USS ⓘ |
| honors | Medal of Honor recipient Charles Hammann ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DE-131 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles Hammann ⓘ |
| namedEntity | ship ⓘ |
| namedForAward | Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| navalFleet |
United States Atlantic Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Fleet
|
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
U.S. Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy
|
| shipClass | Edsall class ⓘ |
| shipType | destroyer escort ⓘ |
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 Hammann (DE-131) Description of subject: USS Hammann (DE-131) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Charles Hammann.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Medal of Honor recipient Charles Hammann
linked to: USS Hammann (DE-131)
subject linked to:
Medal of Honor recipient Charles Hammann
linked to: USS Hammann (DE-131)