USS Hornet (CV-8)
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USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Hornet (CV-8) canonical | 16 |
| U.S. aircraft carrier USS Hornet | 1 |
| aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13946 — 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 Hornet (CV-8) Context triple: [Battle of Midway, involvedShipUnitedStates, USS Hornet (CV-8)]
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USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
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USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
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USS California (BB-44)
USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
- 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 Hornet (CV-8) Target entity description: USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
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A.
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
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B.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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C.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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D.
USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
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E.
USS California (BB-44)
USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
ⓘ
Yorktown-class aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | approximately 80–90 aircraft (varied over time) ⓘ |
| airGroupType | carrier air group ⓘ |
| armament |
8 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns
ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| awards |
Presidential Unit Citation
ⓘ
multiple battle stars ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| carried | B-25 Mitchell bombers for the Doolittle Raid ⓘ |
| class | Yorktown class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1941-10-20 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 2,000 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 20,000 tons standard ⓘ |
| era |
World War II era
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| fate | sunk in battle ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS Essex (CV-9) ⓘ |
| foundAsWreck | 2019 ⓘ |
| homeport | various Pacific bases ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-8 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1939-09-25 ⓘ |
| launched | 1940-12-14 ⓘ |
| length | about 809 feet ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking | near the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ |
| lostTo | Japanese naval and air forces ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 32 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | hornet ⓘ |
| navalArchitecture | pre-war U.S. fleet carrier design ⓘ |
| notableFor |
launching the Doolittle Raid
ⓘ
participation in the Battle of Midway ⓘ participation in the Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Pacific Fleet
|
| precededBy | USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | just before U.S. entry into World War II ⓘ |
| status | wreck on the seafloor ⓘ |
| successorNameShip | USS Hornet (CV-12) ⓘ |
| sunk | 1942-10-27 ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific Theater
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific War
|
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Midway
ⓘ
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Doolittle Raid ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ |
| wreckLocatedBy | RV Petrel expedition team ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Hornet (CV-8) Description of subject: USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
book "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
linked to: USS Hornet (CV-8)
linked to: USS Hornet (CV-8)
subject linked to:
The Big E
subject linked to:
The Grey Ghost of the Pacific