USS New York (BB-34)
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USS New York (BB-34) was a United States Navy battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, participating in major Atlantic and Pacific operations before being used as a target in atomic bomb tests.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS New York (BB-34) canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2596661 — 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 York (BB-34) Context triple: [New York-class battleship, hasPart, USS New York (BB-34)]
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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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B.
USS Washington (BB-47)
USS Washington (BB-47) was an American Colorado-class battleship whose construction was halted and hull scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before it could be completed or commissioned.
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C.
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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D.
USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.
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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 New York (BB-34) Target entity description: USS New York (BB-34) was a United States Navy battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, participating in major Atlantic and Pacific operations before being used as a target in atomic bomb tests.
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A.
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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B.
USS Washington (BB-47)
USS Washington (BB-47) was an American Colorado-class battleship whose construction was halted and hull scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before it could be completed or commissioned.
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C.
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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D.
USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.
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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 |
New York-class battleship
ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ battleship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 14-inch/45 caliber guns
ⓘ
secondary 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| assignedTo |
British Grand Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Fleet (Royal Navy)
|
| battleHonors | World War II battle stars ⓘ |
| beam | 95 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1914-04-15 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 1,000 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1946-08-29 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 27,000 long tons (standard) ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as target ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Battleship Division 9 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Nevada-class battleship ⓘ |
| homePort |
New York Navy Yard
ⓘ
linked to:
New York Naval Shipyard
|
| hullNumber | BB-34 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1911-09-11 ⓘ |
| launched | 1912-10-30 ⓘ |
| length | 573 feet ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking | Pacific Proving Grounds ⓘ |
| modernized |
1920s
ⓘ
1930s ⓘ |
| namesake | New York ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first U.S. battleship class with 14-inch guns ⓘ |
| operation | Operation Torch ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Allied intervention in World War I
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| precededBy | Wyoming-class battleship ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| received |
additional anti-aircraft guns
ⓘ
improved fire-control systems ⓘ |
| role | convoy escort ⓘ |
| scrapped | no ⓘ |
| shipClass | New York class ⓘ |
| sponsor | Elsie Calder ⓘ |
| sunk | 1948-07-08 ⓘ |
| theater |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
invasion of Iwo Jima
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Iwo Jima
invasion of North Africa ⓘ invasion of Okinawa ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Okinawa
|
| topSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
| usedAs | atomic bomb test target ⓘ |
| usedIn | Operation Crossroads ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 York (BB-34) Description of subject: USS New York (BB-34) was a United States Navy battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, participating in major Atlantic and Pacific operations before being used as a target in atomic bomb tests.
Referenced by (6)
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