Japanese cruiser Sendai
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Japanese cruiser Sendai was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that served as the lead ship of her class and participated in several major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1943.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese cruiser Sendai canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10313142 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese cruiser Sendai Context triple: [Sendai-class cruiser, shipInClass, Japanese cruiser Sendai]
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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 Mikuma
Japanese cruiser Mikuma was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the Mogami class that saw action in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk in 1942.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Naniwa
Japanese cruiser Naniwa was a late 19th-century protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that gained prominence during the First Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Akitsushima
Japanese cruiser Akitsushima was an Imperial Japanese Navy protected cruiser active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, notably serving in the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Suzuya
Japanese cruiser Suzuya was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of World War II that saw extensive combat in the Pacific before being sunk in the Battle off Samar in 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese cruiser Sendai Target entity description: Japanese cruiser Sendai was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that served as the lead ship of her class and participated in several major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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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 Mikuma
Japanese cruiser Mikuma was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the Mogami class that saw action in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk in 1942.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Naniwa
Japanese cruiser Naniwa was a late 19th-century protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that gained prominence during the First Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Akitsushima
Japanese cruiser Akitsushima was an Imperial Japanese Navy protected cruiser active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, notably serving in the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Suzuya
Japanese cruiser Suzuya was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of World War II that saw extensive combat in the Pacific before being sunk in the Battle off Samar in 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light cruiser
ⓘ
warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | floatplanes ⓘ |
| armamentAA | Type 96 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedoes | 4 × twin 61 cm torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | about 14.2 m ⓘ |
| belligerent | Axis Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Nagasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | sunk by United States Navy gunfire and torpedoes ⓘ |
| class | Sendai-class cruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1924-04-29 ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | about 450 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1943-11-02 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 7100 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 5200 tons ⓘ |
| draft | about 4.8 m ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in action ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1918-12-16 ⓘ |
| launched | 1923-04-30 ⓘ |
| length | about 152.4 m ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking | off Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 35 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sendai River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| opposedBy | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Kolombangara NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Eastern Solomons NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean raids (1942) NERFINISHED ⓘ Invasion of the Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ Invasion of the Philippines (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInClass | lead ship ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 90000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | about 9000 nmi at 14 knots ⓘ |
| role | destroyer squadron flagship ⓘ |
| serviceEntryConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkInBattle | Battle of Empress Augusta Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Japanese cruiser Sendai Description of subject: Japanese cruiser Sendai was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser that served as the lead ship of her class and participated in several major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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