USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
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USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was an Essex-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including major operations against Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1293582 — 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 Bunker Hill (CV-17) Context triple: [Battle of the Philippine Sea, aircraftCarrierInvolved, USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)]
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A.
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina.
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B.
USS Lexington (CV-16)
USS Lexington (CV-16) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater of World War II and later as a training carrier.
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C.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS Hornet (CV-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California.
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E.
USS Essex (CV-9)
USS Essex (CV-9) was the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Essex-class aircraft carriers that played a major role in World War II Pacific operations.
- 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 Bunker Hill (CV-17) Target entity description: USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was an Essex-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including major operations against Japan.
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A.
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina.
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B.
USS Lexington (CV-16)
USS Lexington (CV-16) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater of World War II and later as a training carrier.
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C.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS Hornet (CV-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California.
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E.
USS Essex (CV-9)
USS Essex (CV-9) was the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Essex-class aircraft carriers that played a major role in World War II Pacific operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Essex-class aircraft carrier
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United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ World War II warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | about 90–100 aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
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40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 5 in/38 caliber guns ⓘ |
| awarded |
Navy Unit Commendation
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Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
linked to:
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
multiple battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 93 ft ⓘ |
| builder |
Bethlehem Steel Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
|
| builtAt |
Fore River Shipyard
ⓘ
linked to:
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
|
| builtInCity | Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| casualtiesInKamikazeAttack | over 600 killed or wounded ⓘ |
| category |
Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
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World War II aircraft carriers of the United States ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1943-05-25 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 2,600 ⓘ |
| dateOfKamikazeAttack | 1945-05-11 ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1947-01-09 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 27,100 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| homeportDuringWWII | various Pacific bases including Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-17 ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1941-09-15 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1942-12-07 ⓘ |
| length | 872 ft ⓘ |
| locationOfKamikazeAttack | off Okinawa ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ |
| notableEvent | severely damaged by kamikaze attacks off Okinawa on 1945-05-11 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ Okinawa campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Okinawa
carrier raids on the Japanese home islands ⓘ |
| postwarUse |
later used as an electronics test platform
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served as an attack carrier in reserve ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| servedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| shipClass | Essex class ⓘ |
| soldForScrapOn | 1973-05-02 ⓘ |
| strickenOn | 1966-11-01 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Theater
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Theater of Operations
|
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: USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Description of subject: USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was an Essex-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including major operations against Japan.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Essex class
subject linked to:
Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy