USNS PFC William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638)
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USNS PFC William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638) is a U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command cargo ship named in honor of Air Force pararescueman and Medal of Honor recipient William H. Pitsenbarger.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USNS PFC William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11095961 — 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: USNS PFC William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638) Context triple: [William H. Pitsenbarger, hasMemorial, USNS PFC William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638)]
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A.
USNS Relentless
USNS Relentless was a U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship later transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and renamed NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter for fisheries and oceanographic research.
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B.
USNS Gibbs
USNS Gibbs is a United States Navy auxiliary research vessel known for its role in oceanographic and geophysical surveys.
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C.
USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52)
USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) is a former U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that later entered service with NOAA as the hydrographic survey vessel NOAAS Thomas Jefferson.
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D.
USNS
USNS is the United States Navy’s designation for non-commissioned support and auxiliary ships operated by the Military Sealift Command.
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E.
USNS Maury (T-AGS-16)
USNS Maury (T-AGS-16) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that was later transferred for use as the California State University Maritime Academy’s training vessel.
- 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: USNS PFC William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638) Target entity description: USNS PFC William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638) is a U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command cargo ship named in honor of Air Force pararescueman and Medal of Honor recipient William H. Pitsenbarger.
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A.
USNS Relentless
USNS Relentless was a U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship later transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and renamed NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter for fisheries and oceanographic research.
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B.
USNS Gibbs
USNS Gibbs is a United States Navy auxiliary research vessel known for its role in oceanographic and geophysical surveys.
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C.
USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52)
USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) is a former U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that later entered service with NOAA as the hydrographic survey vessel NOAAS Thomas Jefferson.
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D.
USNS
USNS is the United States Navy’s designation for non-commissioned support and auxiliary ships operated by the Military Sealift Command.
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E.
USNS Maury (T-AGS-16)
USNS Maury (T-AGS-16) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that was later transferred for use as the California State University Maritime Academy’s training vessel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Military Sealift Command ship
ⓘ
U.S. Navy ship ⓘ cargo ship ⓘ container ship ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Military Sealift Command
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 1993-01-13 ⓘ |
| assignedTo |
Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron 2
ⓘ
linked to:
Maritime Prepositioning Force
|
| beam | 29.8 m ⓘ |
| builder |
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery
ⓘ
linked to:
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering ⓘ |
| callsign | NCCB ⓘ |
| cargoType |
ammunition
ⓘ
containers ⓘ military vehicles ⓘ supplies ⓘ |
| completed | 1986-06-01 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew |
civilian mariners
ⓘ
small military detachment ⓘ |
| displacement | 42000 tons (full load) ⓘ |
| draft | 11.0 m ⓘ |
| flag |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| homeport | Diego Garcia ⓘ |
| hullNumber | T-AK-4638 ⓘ |
| IMONumber | 8611679 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1985-09-15 ⓘ |
| launched | 1986-03-15 ⓘ |
| length | 206.5 m ⓘ |
| MMSINumber | 367809000 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William H. Pitsenbarger ⓘ |
| namesakeAward | Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| namesakeOccupation |
United States Air Force pararescueman
ⓘ
linked to:
Pararescuemen
|
| operator |
Military Sealift Command
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Maritime Prepositioning Force ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Okpo, South Korea ⓘ |
| previousName | MV Jutlandia ⓘ |
| primaryMission | prepositioning of U.S. Marine Corps equipment and supplies ⓘ |
| propulsion |
diesel engine
ⓘ
single screw ⓘ |
| role | prepositioning cargo ship ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| speed | 20 knots ⓘ |
| status | in service (as of early 2020s) ⓘ |
| type | roll-on/roll-off container ship ⓘ |
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: USNS PFC William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638) Description of subject: USNS PFC William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638) is a U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command cargo ship named in honor of Air Force pararescueman and Medal of Honor recipient William H. Pitsenbarger.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Pitsenbarger