Tennessee-class battleship
E188625
The Tennessee-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts known for their heavy armor, improved underwater protection, and service in the Pacific during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tennessee-class battleship canonical | 5 |
| Tennessee class | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1581165 — 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: Tennessee-class battleship Context triple: [USS Colorado (BB-45), precededBy, Tennessee-class battleship]
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A.
New York-class battleship
The New York-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced 14-inch guns and served prominently through both World Wars.
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B.
North Carolina-class battleship
The North Carolina-class battleship was a pair of fast American World War II battleships, including USS North Carolina and USS Washington, designed with improved speed, armor, and anti-aircraft capabilities under the constraints of interwar naval treaties.
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C.
Florida-class battleship
The Florida-class battleship was an early 20th-century class of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that marked a step forward in American capital ship design before World War I.
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D.
Iowa-class battleship
The Iowa-class battleship is a class of fast, heavily armed U.S. Navy battleships built during World War II, renowned for their large 16-inch guns, thick armor, and long service lives extending into the late 20th century.
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E.
New Mexico-class battleship
The New Mexico-class battleship was a group of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built during World War I that introduced improved firepower, armor, and propulsion over earlier classes and served through World War II.
- 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: Tennessee-class battleship Target entity description: The Tennessee-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts known for their heavy armor, improved underwater protection, and service in the Pacific during World War II.
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A.
New York-class battleship
The New York-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced 14-inch guns and served prominently through both World Wars.
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B.
North Carolina-class battleship
The North Carolina-class battleship was a pair of fast American World War II battleships, including USS North Carolina and USS Washington, designed with improved speed, armor, and anti-aircraft capabilities under the constraints of interwar naval treaties.
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C.
Florida-class battleship
The Florida-class battleship was an early 20th-century class of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that marked a step forward in American capital ship design before World War I.
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D.
Iowa-class battleship
The Iowa-class battleship is a class of fast, heavily armed U.S. Navy battleships built during World War II, renowned for their large 16-inch guns, thick armor, and long service lives extending into the late 20th century.
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E.
New Mexico-class battleship
The New Mexico-class battleship was a group of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built during World War I that introduced improved firepower, armor, and propulsion over earlier classes and served through World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battleship class
ⓘ
dreadnought battleship class ⓘ |
| airDefenseUpgrade | fitted with numerous anti-aircraft guns during World War II ⓘ |
| armoredCitadel | present ⓘ |
| armorType |
belt armor
ⓘ
conning tower armor ⓘ deck armor ⓘ turret armor ⓘ |
| category |
Dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy
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World War II battleships of the United States ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | riveted and welded steel structure ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| designedFor | line-of-battle engagements ⓘ |
| designPeriod |
World War I era
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
|
| displacementClass | standard displacement over 30,000 tons ⓘ |
| eraOfService |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| followedBy | Colorado-class battleship ⓘ |
| gunMountType | turrets ⓘ |
| hasPart |
USS California (BB-44)
ⓘ
USS Tennessee (BB-43) ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| mainBatteryConfiguration | 12 × 14-inch guns in four triple turrets ⓘ |
| modernization | extensively reconstructed in the 1930s ⓘ |
| navalBranch |
United States Pacific Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Pacific Fleet
|
| navalDoctrineEra | dreadnought era ⓘ |
| navyDesignationPrefix | BB ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
all-or-nothing armor scheme
ⓘ
heavy armor protection ⓘ improved underwater protection system ⓘ |
| numberOfUnitsBuilt | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | New Mexico-class battleship ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | 14-inch/50 caliber guns ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| regionOfService | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| role | capital ship ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| serviceEntryDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| shipType | super-dreadnought ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Theater of World War II
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linked to:
Pacific Theater of Operations
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| underwaterProtection | torpedo defense system ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fleet engagements
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naval gunfire support ⓘ shore bombardment ⓘ |
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: Tennessee-class battleship Description of subject: The Tennessee-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts known for their heavy armor, improved underwater protection, and service in the Pacific during World War II.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
BB-43
linked to: Tennessee-class battleship
subject linked to:
Navy hull number BB-43
linked to: Tennessee-class battleship
subject linked to:
BB-40