Sinking of Steuben
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The Sinking of Steuben was a World War II maritime disaster in the Baltic Sea in which the German passenger ship SS General von Steuben, carrying soldiers and civilians, was torpedoed and sunk by a Soviet submarine in February 1945 with heavy loss of life.
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| Sinking of Steuben canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19233163 — 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: Sinking of Steuben Context triple: [Baltic theatre of World War II, hasPart, Sinking of Steuben]
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A.
Sinking of Blücher
The Sinking of Blücher refers to the dramatic 1940 World War II naval engagement in the Oslofjord where Norwegian coastal defenses destroyed the German heavy cruiser Blücher, delaying the German invasion of Norway.
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B.
SS Carl D. Bradley shipwreck
The SS Carl D. Bradley shipwreck is the remains of a Great Lakes freighter that tragically sank in Lake Michigan during a 1958 storm, becoming one of the region’s most infamous maritime disasters.
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C.
SS Eastland wreck
The SS Eastland wreck is the remains of a passenger steamship that tragically capsized in the Chicago River in 1915, resulting in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in Great Lakes history.
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D.
SS John B. Lyon wreck
The SS John B. Lyon wreck is the remains of a historic Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Erie during a storm in 1900 and is now a notable site for underwater exploration and maritime archaeology.
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E.
USS United States
USS United States was one of the original six frigates of the U.S. Navy, a heavy frigate launched in the 1790s that saw notable service in the early 19th century, including the War of 1812.
- 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: Sinking of Steuben Target entity description: The Sinking of Steuben was a World War II maritime disaster in the Baltic Sea in which the German passenger ship SS General von Steuben, carrying soldiers and civilians, was torpedoed and sunk by a Soviet submarine in February 1945 with heavy loss of life.
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A.
Sinking of Blücher
The Sinking of Blücher refers to the dramatic 1940 World War II naval engagement in the Oslofjord where Norwegian coastal defenses destroyed the German heavy cruiser Blücher, delaying the German invasion of Norway.
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B.
SS Carl D. Bradley shipwreck
The SS Carl D. Bradley shipwreck is the remains of a Great Lakes freighter that tragically sank in Lake Michigan during a 1958 storm, becoming one of the region’s most infamous maritime disasters.
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C.
SS Eastland wreck
The SS Eastland wreck is the remains of a passenger steamship that tragically capsized in the Chicago River in 1915, resulting in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in Great Lakes history.
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D.
SS John B. Lyon wreck
The SS John B. Lyon wreck is the remains of a historic Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Erie during a storm in 1900 and is now a notable site for underwater exploration and maritime archaeology.
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E.
USS United States
USS United States was one of the original six frigates of the U.S. Navy, a heavy frigate launched in the 1790s that saw notable service in the early 19th century, including the War of 1812.
- F. None of above. chosen
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