National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
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National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) is a major American shipbuilding and repair yard based in San Diego, California, known for constructing commercial and military vessels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| National Steel and Shipbuilding Company canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8481007 — 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.
Target entity: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company Context triple: [MV Spokane, builder, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company]
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A.
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
New York Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipyard based in Camden, New Jersey, known for constructing numerous U.S. Navy warships in the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company was a major American shipyard in Kearny, New Jersey, that built numerous naval vessels, particularly destroyers, for the U.S. Navy during the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships including numerous modern destroyers and amphibious assault ships.
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American Ship Building Company
American Ship Building Company was a prominent U.S. shipbuilding firm best known for constructing Great Lakes freighters and other commercial vessels during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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E.
Union Iron Works
Union Iron Works was a prominent San Francisco–based shipbuilding company known for constructing major U.S. Navy vessels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company Target entity description: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) is a major American shipbuilding and repair yard based in San Diego, California, known for constructing commercial and military vessels.
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A.
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
New York Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipyard based in Camden, New Jersey, known for constructing numerous U.S. Navy warships in the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company was a major American shipyard in Kearny, New Jersey, that built numerous naval vessels, particularly destroyers, for the U.S. Navy during the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships including numerous modern destroyers and amphibious assault ships.
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D.
American Ship Building Company
American Ship Building Company was a prominent U.S. shipbuilding firm best known for constructing Great Lakes freighters and other commercial vessels during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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E.
Union Iron Works
Union Iron Works was a prominent San Francisco–based shipbuilding company known for constructing major U.S. Navy vessels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corporation
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shipbuilding company ⓘ shipyard ⓘ |
| activity |
ship construction
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ship conversion ⓘ ship design ⓘ ship maintenance ⓘ |
| alternativeName | NASSCO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedInMetropolitanArea | San Diego metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| foundedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | NASSCO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel |
contract shipbuilding
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maintenance and repair contracts ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
new ship construction
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ship modernization ⓘ ship overhaul ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType | shipyard ⓘ |
| hasSpecialization |
auxiliary and support ships for military use
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large ocean‑going vessels ⓘ |
| hasWorkforceType |
engineers
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naval architects ⓘ skilled trades ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | San Diego, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
commercial shipbuilding
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defense ⓘ ship repair ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ |
| knownFor |
construction of commercial vessels
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construction of military vessels ⓘ ship repair services ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
San Diego, California
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| operatesInSector | maritime industry ⓘ |
| operatesOn | Pacific coast of the United States ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | General Dynamics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
auxiliary military vessels
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cargo ships ⓘ support ships ⓘ tanker ships ⓘ |
| regionServed |
U.S. Navy and government logistics
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global shipping market ⓘ |
| servesClientType |
U.S. government
NERFINISHED
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commercial shipping companies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company Description of subject: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) is a major American shipbuilding and repair yard based in San Diego, California, known for constructing commercial and military vessels.
Referenced by (2)
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