Destroyers for Bases Agreement
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The Destroyers for Bases Agreement was a 1940 World War II deal in which the United States transferred aging naval destroyers to the United Kingdom in exchange for long-term leases on British military bases in the Western Hemisphere.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Destroyers for Bases Agreement canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21344324 — 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: Destroyers for Bases Agreement Context triple: [HMS Campbeltown, transferContext, Destroyers for Bases Agreement]
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London Naval Treaty
The London Naval Treaty was a 1930 international agreement among major naval powers that extended and refined earlier arms limitation efforts by setting detailed limits on warship numbers, sizes, and armaments to prevent a renewed naval arms race.
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Five-Power Treaty
The Five-Power Treaty was a 1922 naval disarmament agreement among major world powers that limited battleship construction and aimed to prevent an arms race at sea.
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C.
Naval Act of 1938
The Naval Act of 1938 was a United States law that significantly expanded the U.S. Navy’s fleet in the pre–World War II era to strengthen national defense amid rising global tensions.
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Washington Naval Conference
The Washington Naval Conference was a major international diplomatic gathering held in Washington, D.C. from 1921 to 1922 that produced landmark naval disarmament and security treaties among the world’s leading naval powers in the interwar period.
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E.
Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act
The Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act was a 1933 U.S. law that first offered the Philippines a path to independence with a transitional commonwealth government, though it was ultimately superseded by the Tydings–McDuffie Act.
- 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: Destroyers for Bases Agreement Target entity description: The Destroyers for Bases Agreement was a 1940 World War II deal in which the United States transferred aging naval destroyers to the United Kingdom in exchange for long-term leases on British military bases in the Western Hemisphere.
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A.
London Naval Treaty
The London Naval Treaty was a 1930 international agreement among major naval powers that extended and refined earlier arms limitation efforts by setting detailed limits on warship numbers, sizes, and armaments to prevent a renewed naval arms race.
-
B.
Five-Power Treaty
The Five-Power Treaty was a 1922 naval disarmament agreement among major world powers that limited battleship construction and aimed to prevent an arms race at sea.
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C.
Naval Act of 1938
The Naval Act of 1938 was a United States law that significantly expanded the U.S. Navy’s fleet in the pre–World War II era to strengthen national defense amid rising global tensions.
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D.
Washington Naval Conference
The Washington Naval Conference was a major international diplomatic gathering held in Washington, D.C. from 1921 to 1922 that produced landmark naval disarmament and security treaties among the world’s leading naval powers in the interwar period.
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E.
Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act
The Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act was a 1933 U.S. law that first offered the Philippines a path to independence with a transitional commonwealth government, though it was ultimately superseded by the Tydings–McDuffie Act.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.