USS New Orleans
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USS New Orleans was a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship best known for serving as the primary recovery vessel for several Apollo space missions, including Apollo 14.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS New Orleans canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2389000 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS New Orleans Context triple: [Apollo 14, splashdownRecoveryShip, USS New Orleans]
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USS Arkansas
USS Arkansas was a Wyoming-class battleship of the United States Navy that served in both World Wars before being used as a target and sunk during postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.
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USS Augusta
USS Augusta was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that notably served as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s flagship during key World War II conferences and operations.
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USS Helena
USS Helena was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw significant action in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning distinction for its role in several major naval engagements.
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D.
USS Philadelphia
USS Philadelphia was a United States Navy warship active in the early 19th century, notably involved in the First Barbary War before being captured and destroyed to prevent its use by enemy forces.
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E.
USS Olympia
USS Olympia is a historic U.S. Navy protected cruiser best known for serving as Commodore George Dewey’s flagship during the Spanish–American War and is now preserved as a museum ship.
- 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 New Orleans Target entity description: USS New Orleans was a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship best known for serving as the primary recovery vessel for several Apollo space missions, including Apollo 14.
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A.
USS Arkansas
USS Arkansas was a Wyoming-class battleship of the United States Navy that served in both World Wars before being used as a target and sunk during postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.
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B.
USS Augusta
USS Augusta was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that notably served as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s flagship during key World War II conferences and operations.
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C.
USS Helena
USS Helena was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw significant action in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning distinction for its role in several major naval engagements.
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D.
USS Philadelphia
USS Philadelphia was a United States Navy warship active in the early 19th century, notably involved in the First Barbary War before being captured and destroyed to prevent its use by enemy forces.
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E.
USS Olympia
USS Olympia is a historic U.S. Navy protected cruiser best known for serving as Commodore George Dewey’s flagship during the Spanish–American War and is now preserved as a museum ship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock
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United States Navy ship ⓘ amphibious transport dock ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | helicopters ⓘ |
| armament | various naval guns and defensive systems ⓘ |
| awarded |
Meritorious Unit Commendation
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Navy Unit Commendation ⓘ Southwest Asia Service Medal ⓘ Vietnam Service Medal ⓘ |
| builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company ⓘ |
| builtAt |
Seattle, Washington
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linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
|
| callSign | NOLI ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1968-11-16 ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn |
Gulf War
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Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 900 ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1997-10-01 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 16,900 tons full load ⓘ |
| homeport |
San Diego, California
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linked to:
San Diego, California, United States
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| hullNumber | LPH-11 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1968-02-03 ⓘ |
| length | about 598 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
New Orleans, Louisiana
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linked to:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
|
| navalRegistry | United States Naval Vessel Register ⓘ |
| notableFor |
recovery of Apollo 10 mission
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recovery of Apollo 14 mission ⓘ recovery of Apollo 7 mission ⓘ recovery of Apollo 8 mission ⓘ recovery of Skylab 2 mission ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Apollo 10
ⓘ
Apollo 14 ⓘ Apollo 7 ⓘ Apollo 8 ⓘ Skylab 2 ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | LPH-11 ⓘ |
| primaryMission | transport and landing of Marines and equipment ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
amphibious warfare
ⓘ
primary recovery ship ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | 2010s ⓘ |
| shipClass | Austin class ⓘ |
| shipType | amphibious assault ship ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| successorShip | USS New Orleans (LPD-18) ⓘ |
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 New Orleans Description of subject: USS New Orleans was a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship best known for serving as the primary recovery vessel for several Apollo space missions, including Apollo 14.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.