USS Ellet (DD-398)
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USS Ellet (DD-398) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, participating in major campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Ellet (DD-398) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9562405 — 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 Ellet (DD-398) Context triple: [Benham-class destroyer, shipCompleted, USS Ellet (DD-398)]
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A.
USS Sampson (DD-394)
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
USS Benham (DD-397)
USS Benham (DD-397) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II as the lead ship of her class.
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E.
USS Walke (DD-723)
USS Walke (DD-723) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
- 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 Ellet (DD-398) Target entity description: USS Ellet (DD-398) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, participating in major campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands.
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A.
USS Sampson (DD-394)
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
USS Benham (DD-397)
USS Benham (DD-397) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II as the lead ship of her class.
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E.
USS Walke (DD-723)
USS Walke (DD-723) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benham-class destroyer
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United States Navy destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
4 × 5 in/38 caliber guns
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awarded | 10 battle stars ⓘ |
| beam | 35 ft 6 in ⓘ |
| builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Kearny, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Benham class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1939-02-17 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 184 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1946-10-29 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 2050 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 1500 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 13 ft 2 in ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| flag | Naval jack of the United States ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-398 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1937-02-03 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1938-06-11 ⓘ |
| length | 340 ft 10 in ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edward Ellicott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | extensive Pacific service during World War II ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Aleutian Islands campaign
NERFINISHED
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Battle of the Eastern Solomons NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Iwo Jima operation NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariana Islands operations ⓘ Marshall Islands operations ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededByClass | Bagley-class destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 propeller shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
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escort ship ⓘ screening vessel for aircraft carriers ⓘ shore bombardment ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| soldForScrapOn | 1947-08-02 ⓘ |
| succeededByClass | Sims-class destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topSpeed | 37 knots ⓘ |
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 Ellet (DD-398) Description of subject: USS Ellet (DD-398) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, participating in major campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.