USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28)

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Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research ship United States Naval Ship United States Navy ship oceanographic research vessel

USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic research vessel named in honor of astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
USNS Sally Ride	4
R/V Sally Ride (AGOR-28)	2
USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28) canonical	2
United States Naval Ship Sally Ride	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T356529 — 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: USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28)
Context triple: [Sally K. Ride, honorificEponym, USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28)]

A. SS Jeremiah O’Brien
SS Jeremiah O’Brien is a preserved World War II Liberty ship now serving as a museum vessel and historic attraction in San Francisco.
B. USS Providence
USS Providence was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy that served during the American Revolutionary War, participating in several key naval operations against British forces.
C. USS Pampanito
USS Pampanito is a World War II-era Balao-class submarine preserved as a museum ship and memorial in San Francisco.
D. USS Utah (AG-16)
USS Utah (AG-16) was a former U.S. battleship converted to a target and training ship that was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
E. USS Bonhomme Richard
USS Bonhomme Richard was a famed Revolutionary War frigate commanded by John Paul Jones, best known for its victory over HMS Serapis in 1779 despite being heavily damaged.
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: USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28)
Target entity description: USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic research vessel named in honor of astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.

A. SS Jeremiah O’Brien
SS Jeremiah O’Brien is a preserved World War II Liberty ship now serving as a museum vessel and historic attraction in San Francisco.
B. USS Providence
USS Providence was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy that served during the American Revolutionary War, participating in several key naval operations against British forces.
C. USS Pampanito
USS Pampanito is a World War II-era Balao-class submarine preserved as a museum ship and memorial in San Francisco.
D. USS Utah (AG-16)
USS Utah (AG-16) was a former U.S. battleship converted to a target and training ship that was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
E. USS Bonhomme Richard
USS Bonhomme Richard was a famed Revolutionary War frigate commanded by John Paul Jones, best known for its victory over HMS Serapis in 1779 despite being heavily damaged.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research ship ⓘ United States Naval Ship ⓘ United States Navy ship ⓘ oceanographic research vessel ⓘ
affiliation	United States Department of the Navy ⓘ linked to: Department of the Navy
assignedTo	Scripps Institution of Oceanography ⓘ
branchOfService	United States Navy ⓘ
builder	Dakota Creek Industries ⓘ
builtAt	Anacortes, Washington ⓘ linked to: Anacortes
class	Neil Armstrong class ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasCallSign	United States Naval Ship Sally Ride ⓘ linked to: USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28)
hasCrewType	civilian mariners ⓘ
hasEmbarkedPersonnel	scientists ⓘ technical staff ⓘ
hasFeature	accommodations for embarked scientists ⓘ dynamic positioning system ⓘ laboratories for scientific research ⓘ oceanographic winches and cranes ⓘ
homeport	San Diego, California ⓘ linked to: San Diego, California, United States Scripps Institution of Oceanography pier ⓘ
honors	Sally Ride ⓘ linked to: Sally K. Ride
hullClassificationSymbol	T-AGOR-28 ⓘ
namedAfter	Sally Ride ⓘ linked to: Sally K. Ride
namedEntity	ship ⓘ
namedForDistinction	first American woman in space ⓘ
namedForOccupation	astronaut ⓘ physicist ⓘ
operator	Military Sealift Command ⓘ
owner	United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Military Sealift Command Special Mission Program ⓘ linked to: Military Sealift Command
prefix	USNS ⓘ
primaryMission	oceanographic research ⓘ support of naval oceanography ⓘ
propulsionType	diesel-electric propulsion ⓘ
researchField	marine science ⓘ oceanography ⓘ
serviceRole	research support vessel ⓘ
shipClass	Neil Armstrong-class oceanographic research ship ⓘ
status	in active service ⓘ
type	auxiliary ship ⓘ
use	collection of oceanographic data ⓘ support of marine science experiments ⓘ support of oceanographic surveys ⓘ

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