General Dynamics Bath Iron Works

E170093

defense contractor facility manufacturing plant shipyard

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is a major American shipyard in Bath, Maine, best known for designing and building U.S. Navy surface combatants, including Arleigh Burke–class destroyers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bath Iron Works	45
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works canonical	3
Bath Iron Works shipyard	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1470537 — 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: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
Context triple: [General Dynamics, hasDivision, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works]

A. Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Virginia renowned for constructing U.S. Navy warships, including battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines.
B. Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Company was a major early 20th-century American shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, known for constructing significant U.S. Navy warships and commercial vessels.
C. Electric Boat Company
Electric Boat Company is an American shipbuilding firm best known for pioneering and producing submarines for the U.S. Navy.
D. New York Shipbuilding Corporation
New York Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipyard based in Camden, New Jersey, known for constructing numerous U.S. Navy warships in the early to mid-20th century.
E. Naval Sea Systems Command
Naval Sea Systems Command is a major U.S. Navy organization responsible for engineering, building, and maintaining the service’s ships, submarines, and related combat systems.
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: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
Target entity description: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is a major American shipyard in Bath, Maine, best known for designing and building U.S. Navy surface combatants, including Arleigh Burke–class destroyers.

A. Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Virginia renowned for constructing U.S. Navy warships, including battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines.
B. Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Company was a major early 20th-century American shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, known for constructing significant U.S. Navy warships and commercial vessels.
C. Electric Boat Company
Electric Boat Company is an American shipbuilding firm best known for pioneering and producing submarines for the U.S. Navy.
D. New York Shipbuilding Corporation
New York Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipyard based in Camden, New Jersey, known for constructing numerous U.S. Navy warships in the early to mid-20th century.
E. Naval Sea Systems Command
Naval Sea Systems Command is a major U.S. Navy organization responsible for engineering, building, and maintaining the service’s ships, submarines, and related combat systems.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defense contractor facility ⓘ manufacturing plant ⓘ shipyard ⓘ
acquiredBy	General Dynamics ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
employs	designers ⓘ engineers ⓘ shipbuilders ⓘ
formerName	Bath Iron Works ⓘ linked to: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
foundedAs	Bath Iron Works ⓘ linked to: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
hasAbbreviation	BIW ⓘ
hasDryDock	yes ⓘ
hasFacilityOn	Kennebec River ⓘ
hasMainActivity	construction of naval vessels ⓘ design of naval vessels ⓘ
hasNumberOfEmployees	thousands ⓘ
hasShipbuildingWays	yes ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bath, Maine ⓘ
inception	1884 ⓘ
industry	defense ⓘ marine engineering ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Bath, Maine ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Maine ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnWaterway	Kennebec River ⓘ
notableFor	building U.S. Navy surface combatants ⓘ construction of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers ⓘ designing U.S. Navy surface combatants ⓘ
notableProgram	DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class program ⓘ DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class program ⓘ linked to: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
ownedBy	General Dynamics ⓘ
parentOrganization	General Dynamics ⓘ
partOf	U.S. defense industrial base ⓘ
primaryClient	United States Navy ⓘ
product	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ⓘ Zumwalt-class destroyer ⓘ commercial vessel ⓘ frigate ⓘ guided missile destroyer ⓘ
serves	U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ linked to: Department of Defense
significantEra	20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
specializesIn	naval systems integration ⓘ surface combatant construction ⓘ surface combatant design ⓘ

How these facts were elicited