USS Mississippi (BB-41)
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USS Mississippi (BB-41) was a United States Navy battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, providing shore bombardment, convoy escort, and fleet support in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Mississippi (BB-41) canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1380362 — 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 Mississippi (BB-41) Context triple: [New Mexico class, hasMember, USS Mississippi (BB-41)]
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A.
USS New Mexico (BB-40)
USS New Mexico (BB-40) was the lead ship of her class of U.S. Navy battleships that served prominently during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
USS Maryland (BB-46)
USS Maryland (BB-46) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including surviving and continuing operations after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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C.
USS Washington (BB-56)
USS Washington (BB-56) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship renowned for its decisive nighttime surface combat performance in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in both World Wars, particularly in the Pacific Theater.
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E.
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.
- 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 Mississippi (BB-41) Target entity description: USS Mississippi (BB-41) was a United States Navy battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, providing shore bombardment, convoy escort, and fleet support in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
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A.
USS New Mexico (BB-40)
USS New Mexico (BB-40) was the lead ship of her class of U.S. Navy battleships that served prominently during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
USS Maryland (BB-46)
USS Maryland (BB-46) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including surviving and continuing operations after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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C.
USS Washington (BB-56)
USS Washington (BB-56) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship renowned for its decisive nighttime surface combat performance in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in both World Wars, particularly in the Pacific Theater.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Mexico-class battleship
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United States Navy battleship ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 14-inch/50 caliber guns in four triple turrets
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5-inch secondary guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| awards | battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 97 feet ⓘ |
| builder |
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
| category |
World War I battleships of the United States
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World War II battleships of the United States ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1917-12-18 ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| conversion | reclassified as AG-128 (experimental gunnery ship) ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplement | approximately 1,000 officers and enlisted (varied over time) ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1956-09-17 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 32,000 long tons (full load) ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| homeport | various U.S. Navy bases including Pacific Fleet bases ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-41 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1915-04-05 ⓘ |
| launched | 1917-01-25 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 624 feet ⓘ |
| modernization |
received major interwar reconstruction with new superstructure and improved armor
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received upgraded anti-aircraft armament during World War II ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
U.S. state of Mississippi
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linked to:
State of Mississippi
|
| notableEngagement |
Aleutian Islands campaign
ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Marianas campaign ⓘ Okinawa campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Okinawa
|
| notableFeature |
tower superstructure after modernization
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“cage” masts in original configuration ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| postwarRole |
gunnery training ship
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test platform for new naval weapons ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| reclassificationDate | 1946-01-15 ⓘ |
| role |
convoy escort ship
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fleet support ship ⓘ shore bombardment ship ⓘ |
| shipClass | New Mexico class ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Atlantic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| topSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
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 Mississippi (BB-41) Description of subject: USS Mississippi (BB-41) was a United States Navy battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, providing shore bombardment, convoy escort, and fleet support in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.