USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52)
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USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) is a former U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that later entered service with NOAA as the hydrographic survey vessel NOAAS Thomas Jefferson.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USNS Littlehales | 1 |
| USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6392537 — 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: USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) Context triple: [NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson, builtAs, USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52)]
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A.
USNS Maury (T-AGS-16)
USNS Maury (T-AGS-16) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that was later transferred for use as the California State University Maritime Academy’s training vessel.
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B.
USNS Gibbs
USNS Gibbs is a United States Navy auxiliary research vessel known for its role in oceanographic and geophysical surveys.
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C.
USNS Relentless
USNS Relentless was a U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship later transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and renamed NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter for fisheries and oceanographic research.
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D.
USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28)
USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic research vessel named in honor of astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
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E.
USCGC Healy
USCGC Healy is a United States Coast Guard polar icebreaker and research vessel primarily used for Arctic scientific missions and icebreaking 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: USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) Target entity description: USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) is a former U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that later entered service with NOAA as the hydrographic survey vessel NOAAS Thomas Jefferson.
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A.
USNS Maury (T-AGS-16)
USNS Maury (T-AGS-16) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that was later transferred for use as the California State University Maritime Academy’s training vessel.
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B.
USNS Gibbs
USNS Gibbs is a United States Navy auxiliary research vessel known for its role in oceanographic and geophysical surveys.
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C.
USNS Relentless
USNS Relentless was a U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship later transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and renamed NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter for fisheries and oceanographic research.
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D.
USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28)
USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic research vessel named in honor of astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
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E.
USCGC Healy
USCGC Healy is a United States Coast Guard polar icebreaker and research vessel primarily used for Arctic scientific missions and icebreaking operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy auxiliary ship
ⓘ
hydrographic survey vessel ⓘ oceanographic survey ship ⓘ |
| acquiredByUSN | 1992-01-22 ⓘ |
| additionalPersonnel | 27 scientists and technicians ⓘ |
| armament | unarmed ⓘ |
| beam | 13.1 m ⓘ |
| builder | Avondale Industries ⓘ |
| builtAt |
New Orleans, Louisiana
ⓘ
linked to:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
|
| callSign | NCCB ⓘ |
| category |
1991 ships
ⓘ
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to NOAA ⓘ Survey ships of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| conversionCompletedAsNOAAShip | 2003 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplement | 24 civilian mariners ⓘ |
| decommissionedFromUSN | 2003 ⓘ |
| displacement | 1875 tons full load ⓘ |
| draft | 4.3 m ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1992 ⓘ |
| equipment |
multibeam echo sounder
ⓘ
side-scan sonar ⓘ sub-bottom profiler ⓘ |
| homeportAsNOAA | Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ |
| hullNumber | T-AGS-52 ⓘ |
| IMONumber | 8835710 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1990-05-08 ⓘ |
| laterName |
NOAAS Thomas Jefferson (S 222)
ⓘ
linked to:
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson
|
| laterOperator | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ |
| launched | 1991-03-23 ⓘ |
| length | 62.5 m ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George Washington Littlehales ⓘ |
| operator |
Military Sealift Command
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
bathymetric surveying
ⓘ
oceanographic data collection ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| role |
hydrographic survey
ⓘ
oceanographic survey ⓘ |
| shipClass | Littlehales-class survey ship ⓘ |
| speed | 15 knots ⓘ |
| status | in service with NOAA as NOAAS Thomas Jefferson (S 222) ⓘ |
| successorNameInService |
NOAAS Thomas Jefferson (S 222)
ⓘ
linked to:
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson
|
| transferredTo | NOAA ⓘ |
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: USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) Description of subject: USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) is a former U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that later entered service with NOAA as the hydrographic survey vessel NOAAS Thomas Jefferson.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52)