USS Wasp (CV-18)
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USS Wasp (CV-18) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw significant action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Wasp (CV-18) canonical | 5 |
| USS Wasp | 2 |
| USS Wasp (CVS-18) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1293583 — 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 Wasp (CV-18) Context triple: [Battle of the Philippine Sea, aircraftCarrierInvolved, USS Wasp (CV-18)]
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A.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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B.
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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C.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Wasp (CV-18) Target entity description: USS Wasp (CV-18) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw significant action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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A.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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B.
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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C.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Essex-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ World War II warship ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | about 90–100 aircraft (World War II) ⓘ |
| awarded |
Navy Unit Commendation (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Navy Unit Commendation
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ multiple battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 93 feet (waterline) ⓘ |
| builder |
Bethlehem Steel Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
|
| builtAt | Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| callSign | Navy tactical call signs used in World War II (variable by period) ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1943-11-24 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 2,600 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1972-07-01 ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 27,100 long tons (standard)
ⓘ
approximately 36,380 long tons (full load) ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| flag | Naval jack of the United States ⓘ |
| flightDeckBeam | 147 feet ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS Lexington (CV-16) ⓘ |
| hullNumber | 18 ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1942-03-18 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1943-08-17 ⓘ |
| length | 872 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
USS Wasp (CV-7)
ⓘ
Wasp (American Revolutionary War ship) ⓘ |
| notableFor | extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Philippine Sea campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Philippine Sea
operations against the Japanese home islands ⓘ |
| partOf |
Essex-class carrier program
ⓘ
linked to:
Essex class
|
| pennantNumber | CV-18 ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Yorktown (CV-10) ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
8 boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| reclassifiedAs |
antisubmarine warfare support carrier (CVS-18)
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attack aircraft carrier (CVA-18) ⓘ |
| role | aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| scrappedOn | 1973 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | World War II ⓘ |
| shipClass | Essex class ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Theater of World War II
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Theater of Operations
|
| tookPartIn |
Cold War-era operations
ⓘ
Korean War-era 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 Wasp (CV-18) Description of subject: USS Wasp (CV-18) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw significant action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USS Wasp (CV-18)
linked to: USS Wasp (CV-18)
linked to: USS Wasp (CV-18)
linked to: USS Wasp (CV-18)
subject linked to:
Essex class
subject linked to:
Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy