DDG-67
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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer
United States Navy warship
destroyer
hull number
terrorist attack
DDG-67 is the hull number of USS Cole, a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer famously damaged in the 2000 terrorist bombing in Yemen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DDG-67 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6356750 — 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: DDG-67 Context triple: [2000 USS Cole bombing, shipHullNumber, DDG-67]
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A.
USS Turner Joy (DD-951)
USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for its controversial role in the events that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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B.
USS Kidd
USS Kidd is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship and war memorial.
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C.
USCGC Healy
USCGC Healy is a United States Coast Guard polar icebreaker and research vessel primarily used for Arctic scientific missions and icebreaking operations.
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D.
DD-419
DD-419 was the hull number of USS Wainwright, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Oliver Hazard Perry–class guided-missile frigates, serving primarily in anti-submarine and escort roles during the late 20th century.
- 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: DDG-67 Target entity description: DDG-67 is the hull number of USS Cole, a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer famously damaged in the 2000 terrorist bombing in Yemen.
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A.
USS Turner Joy (DD-951)
USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for its controversial role in the events that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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B.
USS Kidd
USS Kidd is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship and war memorial.
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C.
USCGC Healy
USCGC Healy is a United States Coast Guard polar icebreaker and research vessel primarily used for Arctic scientific missions and icebreaking operations.
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D.
DD-419
DD-419 was the hull number of USS Wainwright, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Oliver Hazard Perry–class guided-missile frigates, serving primarily in anti-submarine and escort roles during the late 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer
ⓘ
United States Navy warship ⓘ destroyer ⓘ hull number ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch (127 mm) naval gun
ⓘ
ASROC anti-submarine rockets ⓘ Phalanx CIWS ⓘ
linked to:
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era)
Standard surface-to-air missiles ⓘ Tomahawk cruise missiles ⓘ
linked to:
Tomahawk cruise missile
machine guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| assignedTo |
USS Cole
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Cole (DDG-67)
|
| attackType | suicide bombing ⓘ |
| awarded |
Combat Action Ribbon (to crew members)
ⓘ
linked to:
Combat Action Ribbon
Purple Heart (to crew members) ⓘ
linked to:
Purple Heart
|
| builder |
Ingalls Shipbuilding
ⓘ
Pascagoula, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to:
Pascagoula
|
| commissioned | 1996-06-08 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| damagedIn |
USS Cole bombing
ⓘ
linked to:
2000 USS Cole bombing
|
| damageType | severe hull breach at waterline ⓘ |
| date | 2000-10-12 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 8,300 tons (full load) ⓘ |
| event |
USS Cole bombing
ⓘ
linked to:
2000 USS Cole bombing
|
| fatalities | 17 U.S. sailors ⓘ |
| hasHullNumber | DDG-67 ⓘ |
| homeport | Naval Station Norfolk ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DDG-67 ⓘ |
| injuries | 39 U.S. sailors (approximately) ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1994-02-28 ⓘ |
| launched | 1995-02-10 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 505 feet ⓘ |
| location |
Aden, Yemen
ⓘ
linked to:
Aden
|
| namedAfter | Sergeant Darrell S. Cole ⓘ |
| namesakeOccupation | United States Marine Corps sergeant ⓘ |
| navalRegistry | United States Naval Vessel Register ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Fifth Fleet operations (periodically) ⓘ |
| perpetrator | al-Qaeda ⓘ |
| propulsion | gas-turbine ⓘ |
| repairedAt |
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
ⓘ
linked to:
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
| returnedToService | 2002 ⓘ |
| role |
air defense
ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare ⓘ strike warfare ⓘ surface warfare ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Arleigh Burke class
ⓘ
linked to:
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
|
| shipType | guided-missile destroyer ⓘ |
| target |
USS Cole
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Cole (DDG-67)
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: DDG-67 Description of subject: DDG-67 is the hull number of USS Cole, a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer famously damaged in the 2000 terrorist bombing in Yemen.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.