USS Reuben James (DD-245)
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USS Reuben James (DD-245) was a U.S. Navy Clemson-class destroyer best known as the first American warship sunk by German forces in World War II, prior to the United States’ formal entry into the conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Reuben James (DD-245) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12144229 — 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: USS Reuben James (DD-245) Context triple: [Daniel Callaghan, shipCommanded, USS Reuben James (DD-245)]
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USS Gleaves (DD-423)
USS Gleaves (DD-423) was the lead ship of the Gleaves-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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B.
USS Benson
USS Benson was a United States Navy Benson-class destroyer that served during World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters.
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C.
USS Cassin Young
USS Cassin Young is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship in Boston, Massachusetts.
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D.
USS Farragut (DD-348)
USS Farragut (DD-348) was a United States Navy Farragut-class destroyer commissioned in the 1930s that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II.
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E.
USS O’Brien (DD-415)
USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
- 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: USS Reuben James (DD-245) Target entity description: USS Reuben James (DD-245) was a U.S. Navy Clemson-class destroyer best known as the first American warship sunk by German forces in World War II, prior to the United States’ formal entry into the conflict.
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A.
USS Gleaves (DD-423)
USS Gleaves (DD-423) was the lead ship of the Gleaves-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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B.
USS Benson
USS Benson was a United States Navy Benson-class destroyer that served during World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters.
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C.
USS Cassin Young
USS Cassin Young is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship in Boston, Massachusetts.
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D.
USS Farragut (DD-348)
USS Farragut (DD-348) was a United States Navy Farragut-class destroyer commissioned in the 1930s that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II.
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E.
USS O’Brien (DD-415)
USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.