Japanese cruiser Naka
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Japanese cruiser Naka was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader and saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1944.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese cruiser Naka canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10313144 — 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 Naka Context triple: [Sendai-class cruiser, shipInClass, Japanese cruiser Naka]
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A.
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.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Naniwa
Japanese cruiser Naniwa was a late 19th-century protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that gained prominence during the First Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Jintsu
Japanese cruiser Jintsu was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Mikuma
Japanese cruiser Mikuma was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the Mogami class that saw action in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk in 1942.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Kumano
Japanese cruiser Kumano was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific Theater 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 Naka Target entity description: Japanese cruiser Naka was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader and saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1944.
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A.
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.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Naniwa
Japanese cruiser Naniwa was a late 19th-century protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that gained prominence during the First Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Jintsu
Japanese cruiser Jintsu was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Mikuma
Japanese cruiser Mikuma was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the Mogami class that saw action in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk in 1942.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Kumano
Japanese cruiser Kumano was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific Theater before being sunk in 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy warship
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Sendai-class light cruiser ⓘ World War II cruiser ⓘ |
| armament |
2 × 7.6 cm anti-aircraft guns
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4 × twin 61 cm torpedo tubes ⓘ 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns ⓘ depth charges (later in war) ⓘ machine guns ⓘ |
| assignedTo | 4th Destroyer Squadron ⓘ |
| beam | about 14.2 meters ⓘ |
| builder |
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
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linked to:
Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard
|
| causeOfLoss | aerial torpedoes and bombs ⓘ |
| class | Sendai-class cruiser ⓘ |
| commissioned | 30 November 1925 ⓘ |
| country |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 450 officers and men ⓘ |
| damaged | severely damaged by submarine attack in 1942 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 7,100 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 5,195 tons ⓘ |
| draft | about 4.8 meters ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| hitBy | submarine torpedoes in early 1942 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 10 June 1920 ⓘ |
| launched | 24 March 1925 ⓘ |
| length | about 162 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 35 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Naka River ⓘ |
| operation |
U.S. air raid on Truk (Operation Hailstone)
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linked to:
Operation Hailstone
|
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of the Java Sea
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invasion of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ invasion of the Philippines (1941) ⓘ operations around Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| placeBuilt |
Nagasaki, Japan
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linked to:
Nagasaki
|
| powerOutput | about 90,000 shaft horsepower ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | about 9,000 nautical miles at 14 knots ⓘ |
| repairedAt | Japan ⓘ |
| role | destroyer flotilla leader ⓘ |
| scrapped | not applicable (wreck remains on seabed) ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Second Sino-Japanese War
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linked to:
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
World War II ⓘ |
| status | war grave ⓘ |
| sunkAt | near Truk Lagoon ⓘ |
| sunkBy | U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 18 February 1944 ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
| type | light cruiser ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Japanese cruiser Naka Description of subject: Japanese cruiser Naka was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader and saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1944.
Referenced by (3)
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