DD-415
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DD-415 was the hull number of USS O’Brien, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DD-415 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1971800 — 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: DD-415 Context triple: [USS O’Brien (DD-415), hullNumber, DD-415]
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A.
DD-413
DD-413 was the hull number of USS Mustin, a United States Navy Sims-class destroyer that served during World War II.
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B.
DD-411
DD-411 was the hull number of USS Anderson, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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C.
DD-409
DD-409 is the hull number of USS Sims, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was the lead ship of the Sims-class destroyers.
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D.
DD-412
DD-412 was the hull number of USS Hammann, a Sims-class U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was sunk during the Battle of Midway.
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E.
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.
- 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: DD-415 Target entity description: DD-415 was the hull number of USS O’Brien, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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A.
DD-413
DD-413 was the hull number of USS Mustin, a United States Navy Sims-class destroyer that served during World War II.
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B.
DD-411
DD-411 was the hull number of USS Anderson, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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C.
DD-409
DD-409 is the hull number of USS Sims, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was the lead ship of the Sims-class destroyers.
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D.
DD-412
DD-412 was the hull number of USS Hammann, a Sims-class U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was sunk during the Battle of Midway.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sims-class destroyer
ⓘ
World War II warship ⓘ destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 21 in torpedo tubes
ⓘ
4 × 0.50 in machine guns ⓘ 5 × 5 in/38 caliber guns ⓘ depth charge projectors ⓘ depth charge racks ⓘ |
| awardedTo | United States Navy crew members ⓘ |
| battleHonors | 3 battle stars ⓘ |
| beam | 36 ft 1 in ⓘ |
| builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | structural failure from earlier torpedo damage ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1940-03-02 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplement | about 192 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
Japanese submarine I-19
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-19
|
| dateOfTorpedoHit | 1942-09-15 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1942-10-19 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 2170 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 1570 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 13 ft 4 in ⓘ |
| escorted | USS Enterprise (CV-6) ⓘ |
| fate | sank after torpedo damage ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS Wainwright (DD-419) ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-415 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1938-05-31 ⓘ |
| launched | 1939-10-20 ⓘ |
| length | 348 ft 3 in ⓘ |
| locationDuringAttackOnPearlHarbor | at sea with Task Force 8 ⓘ |
| locationOfTorpedoHit | south of the Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 35 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Jeremiah O'Brien
ⓘ
linked to:
Jeremiah O’Brien
O'Brien family of Machias, Maine ⓘ
linked to:
O’Brien family of Machias, Maine
|
| navalFleet |
United States Pacific Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Pacific Fleet
|
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Attack on Pearl Harbor
ⓘ
linked to:
attack on Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Solomon Islands campaign
|
| powerOutput | 50000 shp ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Morris (DD-417) ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 propeller shafts
ⓘ
geared turbines ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | 6490 nautical miles at 12 knots ⓘ |
| shipClass | Sims class ⓘ |
| shipyard |
Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
|
| sponsor |
Miss Josephine O'Brien Campbell
ⓘ
linked to:
Miss Josephine O’Brien Campbell
|
| sunkIn | South Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| sunkOff | Samoa ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 1942-10-19 ⓘ |
| taskForce |
Task Force 8
ⓘ
linked to:
North Pacific Force
|
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: DD-415 Description of subject: DD-415 was the hull number of USS O’Brien, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
DD-415