USS LST 393
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USS LST 393 is a World War II-era tank landing ship preserved as a museum vessel in Muskegon, Michigan.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LST-1-class tank landing ship | 1 |
| LST-393 | 1 |
| USS LST 393 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T374274 — 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 LST 393 Context triple: [Muskegon, Michigan, hasAttraction, USS LST 393]
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A.
USS Wainwright (DD-419)
USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently during World War II, earning distinction for its convoy escort, anti-submarine, and combat operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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B.
USS Hammann (DD-412)
USS Hammann (DD-412) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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C.
USS Walke (DD-416)
USS Walke (DD-416) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II before being sunk in the Guadalcanal campaign.
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D.
USS O’Brien (DD-415)
USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
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E.
USS Mustin (DD-413)
USS Mustin (DD-413) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat operations.
- 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 LST 393 Target entity description: USS LST 393 is a World War II-era tank landing ship preserved as a museum vessel in Muskegon, Michigan.
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A.
USS Wainwright (DD-419)
USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently during World War II, earning distinction for its convoy escort, anti-submarine, and combat operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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B.
USS Hammann (DD-412)
USS Hammann (DD-412) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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C.
USS Walke (DD-416)
USS Walke (DD-416) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II before being sunk in the Guadalcanal campaign.
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D.
USS O’Brien (DD-415)
USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
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E.
USS Mustin (DD-413)
USS Mustin (DD-413) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
ⓘ
World War II-era ship ⓘ museum ship ⓘ tank landing ship ⓘ |
| armamentType |
anti-aircraft guns
ⓘ
naval guns ⓘ |
| builtAt | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Newport News Shipbuilding
ⓘ
surface form:
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
|
| commissionedOn | 1943-01-29 ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| decommissioned | post-World War II ⓘ |
| designedFor |
amphibious warfare
ⓘ
transport of tanks ⓘ transport of troops ⓘ transport of vehicles ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| formerName | Highway 16 ⓘ |
| hasHeritageValue | historic naval vessel ⓘ |
| homeportDuringService | various U.S. Navy bases ⓘ |
| hullNumber |
USS LST 393
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
LST-393
|
| laidDownOn | 1942-07-27 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1942-11-11 ⓘ |
| location | Muskegon, Michigan ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| mooredAt | Muskegon Lake ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operation |
Operation Avalanche
ⓘ
Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Husky
Operation Overlord ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | LST fleet of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| postWarUse | commercial cargo ship ⓘ |
| preservationPurpose |
commemoration of veterans
ⓘ
education about World War II ⓘ |
| preservedAs | museum ship ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel engines ⓘ |
| role | landing tanks and vehicles on hostile shores ⓘ |
| shipClass |
USS LST 393
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
LST-1-class tank landing ship
|
| shipType | landing ship, tank ⓘ |
| status | museum vessel ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
European Theater of Operations, United States Army
ⓘ
surface form:
European Theater of Operations
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| tookPartIn |
Battle of Salerno
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied invasion of Italy
Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy landings
|
| usedAs |
memorial
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
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 LST 393 Description of subject: USS LST 393 is a World War II-era tank landing ship preserved as a museum vessel in Muskegon, Michigan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS LST-393
this entity surface form:
LST-1-class tank landing ship
subject surface form:
USS LST-393
this entity surface form:
LST-393