USS Cole (DDG-67)
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USS Cole (DDG-67) is a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer best known for being severely damaged in a terrorist attack while refueling in Yemen in 2000.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Cole | 3 |
| USS Cole (DDG-67) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6356737 — 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: USS Cole (DDG-67) Context triple: [2000 USS Cole bombing, target, USS Cole (DDG-67)]
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A.
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.
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B.
USS Kidd
USS Kidd is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship and war memorial.
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C.
USS Maddox (DD-731)
USS Maddox (DD-731) was a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for its controversial role in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, which helped escalate American involvement in the Vietnam War.
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D.
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Oliver Hazard Perry–class guided-missile frigates, serving primarily in anti-submarine and escort roles during the late 20th century.
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E.
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.
- 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: USS Cole (DDG-67) Target entity description: USS Cole (DDG-67) is a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer best known for being severely damaged in a terrorist attack while refueling in Yemen in 2000.
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A.
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.
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B.
USS Kidd
USS Kidd is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship and war memorial.
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C.
USS Maddox (DD-731)
USS Maddox (DD-731) was a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for its controversial role in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, which helped escalate American involvement in the Vietnam War.
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D.
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Oliver Hazard Perry–class guided-missile frigates, serving primarily in anti-submarine and escort roles during the late 20th century.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer
ⓘ
United States Navy warship ⓘ destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch (127 mm) naval gun
ⓘ
ASROC anti-submarine rockets ⓘ Phalanx CIWS ⓘ
linked to:
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era)
Standard surface-to-air missiles ⓘ Tomahawk cruise missiles ⓘ
linked to:
Tomahawk cruise missile
machine guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| attackDate | 2000-10-12 ⓘ |
| attackedBy | al-Qaeda ⓘ |
| attackMethod | suicide boat bombing ⓘ |
| battleHonors |
Global War on Terrorism operations
ⓘ
linked to:
Global War on Terrorism
|
| builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1996-06-08 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 300 personnel ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 8,300 tons (full load) ⓘ |
| flag | Ensign of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Aegis Combat System
ⓘ
linked to:
AEGIS combat system
vertical launching system ⓘ |
| homeport |
Naval Station Norfolk
ⓘ
Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DDG-67 ⓘ |
| killedInAttack | 17 U.S. sailors ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1994-02-28 ⓘ |
| launched | 1995-02-10 ⓘ |
| length | about 505 feet ⓘ |
| locationOfAttack |
Aden, Yemen
ⓘ
linked to:
Aden
Port of Aden ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sergeant Darrell S. Cole ⓘ |
| namesake | Darrell S. Cole ⓘ |
| notableEvent | terrorist bombing in Aden, Yemen ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Atlantic Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Fleet
|
| propulsion | gas-turbine ⓘ |
| repairedAt |
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
ⓘ
linked to:
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
| returnedToService | 2002 ⓘ |
| role |
air defense
ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare ⓘ strike warfare ⓘ surface warfare ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Arleigh Burke class
ⓘ
linked to:
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
|
| statusAfterAttack | severely damaged ⓘ |
| towedTo |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| typeOf | guided-missile destroyer ⓘ |
| woundedInAttack | dozens of sailors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: USS Cole (DDG-67) Description of subject: USS Cole (DDG-67) is a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer best known for being severely damaged in a terrorist attack while refueling in Yemen in 2000.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USS Cole (DDG-67)
linked to: USS Cole (DDG-67)