USS Ticonderoga
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USS Ticonderoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that notably served as a recovery ship for several NASA missions, including Apollo 17.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Ticonderoga canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2169244 — 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 Ticonderoga Context triple: [Apollo 17, splashdownRecoveryShip, USS Ticonderoga]
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A.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
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B.
USS Hancock
USS Hancock was a prominent frigate of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against the British.
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C.
USS Guadalcanal
USS Guadalcanal was a U.S. Navy escort aircraft carrier of World War II, best known for leading the task group that captured the German submarine U-505 in 1944.
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D.
USS Cassin Young
USS Cassin Young is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship in Boston, Massachusetts.
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E.
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.
- 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 Ticonderoga Target entity description: USS Ticonderoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that notably served as a recovery ship for several NASA missions, including Apollo 17.
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A.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
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B.
USS Hancock
USS Hancock was a prominent frigate of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against the British.
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C.
USS Guadalcanal
USS Guadalcanal was a U.S. Navy escort aircraft carrier of World War II, best known for leading the task group that captured the German submarine U-505 in 1944.
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D.
USS Cassin Young
USS Cassin Young is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship in Boston, Massachusetts.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Essex-class aircraft carrier
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United States Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| armament | carrier-based aircraft ⓘ |
| awarded |
Navy Unit Commendation
ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
linked to:
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
battle stars for Vietnam War service ⓘ battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| callSign | Navy ship call sign CV-14 ⓘ |
| class | Essex class ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1944-05-08 ⓘ |
| convertedTo | angled-deck carrier during postwar modernization ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 2,600 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1973-09-01 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 27,100 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| hasCatapultType | hydraulic catapults (as built) ⓘ |
| hasFlightDeckType | axial flight deck (as built) ⓘ |
| homeport | Pacific Fleet ⓘ |
| hullNumber |
CV-14
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CVA-14 ⓘ CVS-14 ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1943-02-01 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1944-02-07 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 872 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Battle of Ticonderoga
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linked to:
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775)
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| notableEvent |
served as recovery ship for NASA Apollo 15 mission
ⓘ
served as recovery ship for NASA Apollo 16 mission ⓘ served as recovery ship for NASA Apollo 17 mission ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| recoveredMission |
Apollo 15
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Apollo 16 ⓘ Apollo 17 ⓘ Skylab 2 ⓘ Skylab 3 ⓘ Skylab 4 ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare carrier
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attack aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | 1975 ⓘ |
| servedInConflict |
Korean War
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Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| subclass | long-hull Essex-class variant ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 33 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 Ticonderoga Description of subject: USS Ticonderoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that notably served as a recovery ship for several NASA missions, including Apollo 17.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.