Japanese cruiser Yubari

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Imperial Japanese Navy ship light cruiser warship

Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Yubari-class cruiser	2
Japanese cruiser Yubari canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T610270 — 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 Yubari
Context triple: [Battle of Savo Island, notableShip, Japanese cruiser Yubari]

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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. Japanese cruiser Tenryu
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.
E. Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
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 Yubari
Target entity description: Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.

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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. Japanese cruiser Tenryu
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.
E. Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ light cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ
armamentAA	25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armamentMain	6 × 140 mm guns ⓘ
armamentTorpedo	610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ
attacker	USS Bluegill ⓘ
battle	Battle of Wake Island ⓘ Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea operations in the Solomon Islands ⓘ
beam	12.04 m ⓘ
builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal ⓘ
causeOfSinking	torpedoed by US submarine ⓘ
commissioned	1923-07-23 ⓘ
conflict	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement	approximately 368 ⓘ
dateOfSinking	1944-04-27 ⓘ
designer	Yuzuru Hiraga ⓘ
designFeature	compact superstructure ⓘ integrated armor and hull structure ⓘ
designInfluenceOn	Furutaka-class cruisers ⓘ surface form: Aoba-class cruisers Furutaka-class cruisers ⓘ subsequent Japanese light cruisers ⓘ
displacementFullLoad	approximately 3650 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard	approximately 2890 tons ⓘ
draft	4.17 m ⓘ
fate	sunk ⓘ
isFlagshipOfClass	Japanese cruiser Yubari self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yubari-class cruiser
laidDown	1922-06-05 ⓘ
launched	1923-03-05 ⓘ
lengthOverall	139.2 m ⓘ
maximumSpeed	35.5 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Yūbari River ⓘ
navalTheater	Pacific War ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
notableFor	influencing later Japanese warship design ⓘ innovative weight-saving design ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
placeOfSinking	off New Guinea ⓘ
powerOutput	57000 shp ⓘ
propulsion	oil-fired boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
range	5800 nautical miles at 14 knots ⓘ
role	experimental cruiser ⓘ scout cruiser ⓘ
serviceEntryEra	interwar period ⓘ
shaftCount	2 ⓘ
shipClass	Japanese cruiser Yubari self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yubari-class cruiser

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Savo Island → notableShip → Japanese cruiser Yubari ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Yubari → shipClass → Japanese cruiser Yubari self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yubari-class cruiser

Japanese cruiser Yubari → isFlagshipOfClass → Japanese cruiser Yubari self-linksurface differs ⓘ