USS Sampson (DD-394)
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USS Sampson (DD-394) was a United States Navy Somers-class destroyer that served primarily in the Atlantic during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Sampson (DD-394) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8995199 — 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 Sampson (DD-394) Context triple: [William Thomas Sampson, namesakeOf, USS Sampson (DD-394)]
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A.
USS Henley (DD-391)
USS Henley (DD-391) was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
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B.
USS Decatur (DD-341)
USS Decatur (DD-341) was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served primarily between World War I and World War II, performing patrol, training, and fleet support duties.
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C.
USS Gleaves (DD-423)
USS Gleaves (DD-423) was the lead ship of the Gleaves-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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D.
USS La Vallette (DD-448)
USS La Vallette (DD-448) was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
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E.
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.
- 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 Sampson (DD-394) Target entity description: USS Sampson (DD-394) was a United States Navy Somers-class destroyer that served primarily in the Atlantic during World War II.
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A.
USS Henley (DD-391)
USS Henley (DD-391) was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
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B.
USS Decatur (DD-341)
USS Decatur (DD-341) was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served primarily between World War I and World War II, performing patrol, training, and fleet support duties.
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C.
USS Gleaves (DD-423)
USS Gleaves (DD-423) was the lead ship of the Gleaves-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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D.
USS La Vallette (DD-448)
USS La Vallette (DD-448) was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Somers-class destroyer
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United States Navy destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 21-inch torpedo tubes
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8 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charge projectors ⓘ |
| beam | 36 feet 1 inch ⓘ |
| builder |
Bath Iron Works
ⓘ
linked to:
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
|
| builtAt | Bath, Maine ⓘ |
| class | Somers class ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 19 August 1938 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplement | about 260 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1 November 1945 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 2600 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 1850 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 16 feet 0 inches ⓘ |
| followedBy | Benham-class destroyer ⓘ |
| homeport | various U.S. East Coast ports ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-394 ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 8 April 1936 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 16 April 1938 ⓘ |
| length | 381 feet 0 inches ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 37 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William T. Sampson ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Allied convoy operations in the Atlantic
ⓘ
escort of troop and supply convoys ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | DD-394 ⓘ |
| power | 52000 shaft horsepower ⓘ |
| precededBy | Porter-class destroyer ⓘ |
| primaryServicePeriod | 1938–1945 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
geared turbines
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ twin screws ⓘ |
| range | 6500 nautical miles at 12 knots ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare ship
ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ patrol ship ⓘ |
| scrappedAfter | decommissioning in 1945 ⓘ |
| scrappedOn | post-World War II ⓘ |
| servedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
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 Sampson (DD-394) Description of subject: USS Sampson (DD-394) was a United States Navy Somers-class destroyer that served primarily in the Atlantic during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.