Japanese cruiser Tenryu
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Japanese cruiser Tenryu was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that participated in several early Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japanese cruiser Tenryu canonical | 2 |
| Japanese cruiser Tatsuta | 1 |
| light cruiser Tenryu | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T610269 — 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: Japanese cruiser Tenryu Context triple: [Battle of Savo Island, notableShip, Japanese cruiser Tenryu]
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Japanese cruiser Chokai
Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Kako
Japanese cruiser Kako was an Imperial Japanese Navy Furutaka-class heavy cruiser that served in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk by a U.S. submarine shortly after participating in the Battle of Savo Island.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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D.
IJN cruiser Naka
IJN cruiser Naka was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader in the Pacific War before being sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft in 1944.
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E.
IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro was a Japanese Fuso-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II.
- 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: Japanese cruiser Tenryu Target entity description: Japanese cruiser Tenryu was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that participated in several early Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign.
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A.
Japanese cruiser Chokai
Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Kako
Japanese cruiser Kako was an Imperial Japanese Navy Furutaka-class heavy cruiser that served in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk by a U.S. submarine shortly after participating in the Battle of Savo Island.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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D.
IJN cruiser Naka
IJN cruiser Naka was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader in the Pacific War before being sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft in 1944.
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E.
IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro was a Japanese Fuso-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
ⓘ
light cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| alliance |
Axis powers
ⓘ
surface form:
Axis Powers (through Empire of Japan)
|
| armamentAA | 3 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type AA guns (varied over time) ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 4 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedo | 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | 12.34 m ⓘ |
| builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1919-11-20 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Pacific War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 330 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1942-12-19 ⓘ |
| designRole |
destroyer squadron flagship
ⓘ
flotilla leader ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 4350 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 3230 tons ⓘ |
| draft | 4.34 m ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in combat ⓘ |
| homePort | various Japanese naval bases in prewar and wartime service ⓘ |
| hullNumber | not formally numbered (pre-war IJN practice) ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1917-05-26 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1918-03-11 ⓘ |
| leadShipOfClass | Tenryu-class cruiser ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 142.65 m ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tenryu River ⓘ |
| navalFleet | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| notableFeature | early Japanese light cruiser with heavy torpedo armament ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Savo Island
ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal campaign
New Guinea campaign ⓘ invasion of Kavieng ⓘ invasion of Rabaul ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | 6000 nautical miles at 14 knots ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| shaftCount | 2 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Tenryu-class cruiser ⓘ |
| sinkingDate | 1942-12-19 ⓘ |
| sinkingLocation | off Madang, New Guinea ⓘ |
| sunkBy | USS Albacore ⓘ |
| topSpeed | 33 knots ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Japanese cruiser Tenryu Description of subject: Japanese cruiser Tenryu was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that participated in several early Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
light cruiser Tenryu
this entity surface form:
Japanese cruiser Tatsuta