USS Donner
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USS Donner was a U.S. Navy dock landing ship that notably served as the recovery vessel for early American space missions, including the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight carrying chimpanzee Ham.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Donner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22201618 — 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: USS Donner Context triple: [Mercury-Redstone 2, recoveryBy, USS Donner]
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A.
USS Dunlap
USS Dunlap was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the Pacific during World War II, participating in several key naval engagements.
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B.
USS Walke
USS Walke was a United States Navy Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer that served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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C.
USS Charles Ausburne
USS Charles Ausburne was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer renowned for its role as Arleigh Burke’s flagship in several successful World War II Pacific night actions.
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D.
USS Leonard F. Mason
USS Leonard F. Mason was a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for serving as the primary recovery ship for NASA’s Gemini 8 space mission.
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E.
USS Farenholt
USS Farenholt was a U.S. Navy Benson-class destroyer that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.
- 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 Donner Target entity description: USS Donner was a U.S. Navy dock landing ship that notably served as the recovery vessel for early American space missions, including the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight carrying chimpanzee Ham.
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A.
USS Dunlap
USS Dunlap was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the Pacific during World War II, participating in several key naval engagements.
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B.
USS Walke
USS Walke was a United States Navy Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer that served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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C.
USS Charles Ausburne
USS Charles Ausburne was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer renowned for its role as Arleigh Burke’s flagship in several successful World War II Pacific night actions.
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D.
USS Leonard F. Mason
USS Leonard F. Mason was a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for serving as the primary recovery ship for NASA’s Gemini 8 space mission.
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E.
USS Farenholt
USS Farenholt was a U.S. Navy Benson-class destroyer that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.