Japanese destroyer Yunagi
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Japanese destroyer Yunagi was an Imperial Japanese Navy Mutsuki-class destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, including in major night surface engagements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese destroyer Yunagi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17318511 — 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 destroyer Yunagi Context triple: [Battle of Kolombangara, shipInvolved, Japanese destroyer Yunagi]
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A.
Japanese destroyer Yugure
The Japanese destroyer Yugure was an Imperial Japanese Navy warship that served actively in the Pacific during World War II, notably participating in night battles and reinforcement runs in the Solomon Islands campaign.
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B.
Japanese destroyer Arashio
Japanese destroyer Arashio was an Imperial Japanese Navy Asashio-class destroyer that served actively in World War II, participating in numerous Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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C.
Japanese destroyer Yudachi
Japanese destroyer Yudachi was an Imperial Japanese Navy Shiratsuyu-class destroyer that saw extensive action in the early Pacific War before being sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.
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D.
Japanese destroyer Yukikaze
The Japanese destroyer Yukikaze was a famed Imperial Japanese Navy Kagerō-class destroyer renowned for surviving numerous major World War II naval battles with minimal damage and earning a reputation as a "lucky ship."
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E.
Japanese destroyer Kiyonami
Japanese destroyer Kiyonami was an Imperial Japanese Navy Yūgumo-class destroyer that served in the Pacific during World War II and was sunk in 1943.
- 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 destroyer Yunagi Target entity description: Japanese destroyer Yunagi was an Imperial Japanese Navy Mutsuki-class destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, including in major night surface engagements.
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A.
Japanese destroyer Yugure
The Japanese destroyer Yugure was an Imperial Japanese Navy warship that served actively in the Pacific during World War II, notably participating in night battles and reinforcement runs in the Solomon Islands campaign.
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B.
Japanese destroyer Arashio
Japanese destroyer Arashio was an Imperial Japanese Navy Asashio-class destroyer that served actively in World War II, participating in numerous Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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C.
Japanese destroyer Yudachi
Japanese destroyer Yudachi was an Imperial Japanese Navy Shiratsuyu-class destroyer that saw extensive action in the early Pacific War before being sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.
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D.
Japanese destroyer Yukikaze
The Japanese destroyer Yukikaze was a famed Imperial Japanese Navy Kagerō-class destroyer renowned for surviving numerous major World War II naval battles with minimal damage and earning a reputation as a "lucky ship."
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E.
Japanese destroyer Kiyonami
Japanese destroyer Kiyonami was an Imperial Japanese Navy Yūgumo-class destroyer that served in the Pacific during World War II and was sunk in 1943.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.