Japanese cruiser Mogami
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Japanese cruiser Mogami was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy warship originally built as a light cruiser and later rebuilt as a heavy cruiser, serving in several major Pacific naval battles before being scuttled after the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese cruiser Mogami canonical | 4 |
| Mogami-class cruiser | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3574753 — 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: Japanese cruiser Mogami Context triple: [Mogami class, hasMember, Japanese cruiser Mogami]
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Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Tenryu
Japanese cruiser Tenryu was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that participated in several early Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Furutaka
Japanese cruiser Furutaka was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the interwar Furutaka class that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk in 1942.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Yoshino
Japanese cruiser Yoshino was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for its high speed and significant role in early engagements of the First Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Chokai
Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
- 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: Japanese cruiser Mogami Target entity description: Japanese cruiser Mogami was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy warship originally built as a light cruiser and later rebuilt as a heavy cruiser, serving in several major Pacific naval battles before being scuttled after the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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A.
Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Tenryu
Japanese cruiser Tenryu was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that participated in several early Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Furutaka
Japanese cruiser Furutaka was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the interwar Furutaka class that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk in 1942.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Yoshino
Japanese cruiser Yoshino was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for its high speed and significant role in early engagements of the First Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Chokai
Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser
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World War II warship ⓘ cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities | seaplane catapults ⓘ |
| airDefenseArmament | multiple 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentMainGuns |
10 × 203 mm guns after reconstruction
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15 × 155 mm guns as built ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedoes | 610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
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Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ Battle of the Coral Sea ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ |
| builder |
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
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linked to:
Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard
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| causeOfLoss | scuttled after severe battle damage ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1935-07-28 ⓘ |
| conversion | partly converted to an aviation cruiser ⓘ |
| country |
Empire of Japan
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linked to:
Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 800–900 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfScuttling | 1944-10-25 ⓘ |
| designFeature |
extensive use of welding in hull construction
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originally designed to comply with London Naval Treaty limits ⓘ |
| designIssue | initial structural weakness ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | over 13000 tons after reconstruction ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 8500 tons as built ⓘ |
| event | damaged in collision with Japanese cruiser Mikuma at Midway ⓘ |
| fate | scuttled ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1931-10-27 ⓘ |
| launched | 1934-03-14 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 200 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 35 knots ⓘ |
| modification |
hull strengthened after trials
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main battery replaced with 203 mm guns ⓘ |
| namesake | Mogami River ⓘ |
| navalFleet | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| notableEvent | participated in Japanese invasion operations in early Pacific War ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Mogami-class cruiser ⓘ |
| placeOfScuttling | off Cebu, Philippines ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| reconstructedAs | heavy cruiser ⓘ |
| servicePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| shipClass | Mogami-class cruiser ⓘ |
| shipType |
heavy cruiser
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light cruiser ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Japanese cruiser Mogami Description of subject: Japanese cruiser Mogami was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy warship originally built as a light cruiser and later rebuilt as a heavy cruiser, serving in several major Pacific naval battles before being scuttled after the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Referenced by (5)
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