USS Salt Lake City
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USS Salt Lake City was a U.S. Navy Pensacola-class heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Salt Lake City canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1153462 — 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: USS Salt Lake City Context triple: [Battle of Cape Esperance, shipInvolved, USS Salt Lake City]
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A.
USS Boise
USS Boise was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw notable action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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B.
USS Utah
USS Utah was a Florida-class battleship of the United States Navy that later served as a target ship and was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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C.
USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
USS Providence
USS Providence was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy that served during the American Revolutionary War, participating in several key naval operations against British forces.
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E.
USS Astoria
USS Astoria was a U.S. Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that served in the Pacific during World War II before being lost early in the Guadalcanal campaign.
- 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: USS Salt Lake City Target entity description: USS Salt Lake City was a U.S. Navy Pensacola-class heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.
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A.
USS Boise
USS Boise was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw notable action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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B.
USS Utah
USS Utah was a Florida-class battleship of the United States Navy that later served as a target ship and was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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C.
USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
USS Providence
USS Providence was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy that served during the American Revolutionary War, participating in several key naval operations against British forces.
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E.
USS Astoria
USS Astoria was a U.S. Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that served in the Pacific during World War II before being lost early in the Guadalcanal campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
ⓘ
heavy cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities | 2 catapults ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 10 × 8-inch/55 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 4 × 5-inch/25 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedoes | 2 × triple 21-inch torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awarded | 11 battle stars ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of the Aleutian Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Aleutian Islands campaign
Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Solomon Islands campaign
Iwo Jima operation ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Iwo Jima
Marianas campaign ⓘ Okinawa campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Okinawa
|
| beam | 65 feet ⓘ |
| class |
Pensacola-class cruiser
ⓘ
linked to:
Pensacola class
|
| commissionedDate | 1929-12-11 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplementWartime | approximately 830 ⓘ |
| decommissionedDate | 1946-08-18 ⓘ |
| designTreaty |
Washington Naval Treaty
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Naval Conference
|
| displacementFullLoad | 12050 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 9100 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 19 feet ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as target ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CA-25 ⓘ |
| laidDownAt |
Camden, New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Camden
New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| laidDownDate | 1927-06-09 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1929-01-23 ⓘ |
| length | 585 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Salt Lake City, Utah
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City
|
| nickname | Swayback Maru ⓘ |
| notableEvent | engaged superior Japanese forces at the Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion |
geared turbines
ⓘ
oil-fired boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| shaftCount | 4 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mrs. Frederick J. Horne ⓘ |
| sunkDate | 1948-05-25 ⓘ |
| sunkLocation | off the coast of California ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific Theater
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Theater of Operations
|
| topSpeed | 32.5 knots ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: USS Salt Lake City Description of subject: USS Salt Lake City was a U.S. Navy Pensacola-class heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.