Battleship Fuso
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Battleship Fuso was a Japanese World War II-era dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its distinctive pagoda-style superstructure and its loss at the Battle of Surigao Strait.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battleship Fuso canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11082228 — 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: Battleship Fuso Context triple: [Shōji Nishimura, commanded, Battleship Fuso]
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Japanese battlecruiser Haruna
The Japanese battlecruiser Haruna was an Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship that served prominently in both World War I and World War II, participating in major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1945.
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B.
Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
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C.
Japanese battlecruiser Atago
Japanese battlecruiser Atago was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the interwar period.
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Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima
Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima was an Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship of World War II that fought in several major Pacific engagements before being sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.
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E.
Japanese battlecruiser Amagi
Japanese battlecruiser Amagi was a planned Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship of the Amagi class that was never completed and later scrapped after being damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.
- 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: Battleship Fuso Target entity description: Battleship Fuso was a Japanese World War II-era dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its distinctive pagoda-style superstructure and its loss at the Battle of Surigao Strait.
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A.
Japanese battlecruiser Haruna
The Japanese battlecruiser Haruna was an Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship that served prominently in both World War I and World War II, participating in major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1945.
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B.
Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
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C.
Japanese battlecruiser Atago
Japanese battlecruiser Atago was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the interwar period.
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D.
Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima
Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima was an Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship of World War II that fought in several major Pacific engagements before being sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.
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E.
Japanese battlecruiser Amagi
Japanese battlecruiser Amagi was a planned Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship of the Amagi class that was never completed and later scrapped after being damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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dreadnought battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armamentAA | anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 12 × 14-inch (356 mm) guns ⓘ |
| armamentMainConfiguration | six twin turrets ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 6-inch (152 mm) guns ⓘ |
| armorBelt | up to about 305 mm ⓘ |
| armorDeck | up to about 114 mm ⓘ |
| beam | about 28.7 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Kobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | torpedo hits and gunfire ⓘ |
| commanderAtSurigaoStrait | Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1915-11-08 ⓘ |
| conflict | Pacific War ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | over 1,400 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1944-10-25 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | over 35,000 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | about 29,000 long tons ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature | pagoda-style superstructure ⓘ |
| engagement | Battle of Surigao Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in battle ⓘ |
| fleetAssignment | Japanese Southern Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | Fuso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1912-03-11 ⓘ |
| launched | 1914-03-28 ⓘ |
| leadShipOfClass | Fuso-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | about 205 meters ⓘ |
| locationOfWreck | Surigao Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 23 knots ⓘ |
| modernizationFeature |
enhanced armor
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improved machinery ⓘ reconstructed superstructure ⓘ strengthened anti-aircraft armament ⓘ |
| modernized | 1930s ⓘ |
| namesake | Fusō Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalArchitectureType | all-big-gun battleship ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| partOfOperation | Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | World War I era ⓘ |
| shipClass | Fuso-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | war loss ⓘ |
| sunkAt | Battle of Surigao Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkBy | United States Navy forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivorsCountApproximate | very few ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battleship Fuso Description of subject: Battleship Fuso was a Japanese World War II-era dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its distinctive pagoda-style superstructure and its loss at the Battle of Surigao Strait.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shōji Nishimura