USS Texas (BB-35)
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USS Texas (BB-35) is a historic U.S. Navy battleship famed for serving in both World War I and World War II and now preserved as a museum ship.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battleship Texas (BB-35) | 2 |
| USS Texas | 2 |
| USS Texas (BB-35) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2596662 — 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 Texas (BB-35) Context triple: [New York-class battleship, hasPart, USS Texas (BB-35)]
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A.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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B.
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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C.
USS New York (BB-34)
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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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 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.
- 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 Texas (BB-35) Target entity description: USS Texas (BB-35) is a historic U.S. Navy battleship famed for serving in both World War I and World War II and now preserved as a museum ship.
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A.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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B.
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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C.
USS New York (BB-34)
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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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 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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York-class battleship
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United States Navy ship ⓘ battleship ⓘ museum ship ⓘ |
| addedTo | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 14-inch/45 caliber guns
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ secondary 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| awarded |
World War I Victory Medal
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five battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam |
29.0 m
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95 ft 3 in ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| class | New York class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1914-03-12 ⓘ |
| constructionSite | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 1,000 officers and enlisted (varied over time) ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1948-04-21 ⓘ |
| designation | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| displacement |
27300 long tons (standard)
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over 34000 long tons (full load) ⓘ |
| draft | 28 ft 6 in ⓘ |
| era | dreadnought battleship era ⓘ |
| formerMuseumLocation |
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
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linked to:
San Jacinto Battlefield
|
| hullNumber | BB-35 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1911-04-17 ⓘ |
| launched | 1912-05-18 ⓘ |
| length |
174.6 m
ⓘ
573 ft ⓘ |
| location |
Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Texas
|
| managedBy |
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (historically)
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linked to:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
|
| name |
USS Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Texas (BB-35)
|
| namesake |
State of Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Texas
|
| notableFor |
being one of the first US battleships to control gunfire with directors and rangefinders
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being one of the first US battleships to mount anti-aircraft guns ⓘ being the first US battleship to become a permanent museum ship ⓘ serving in both World War I and World War II ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 1976-11-14 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
State of Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Texas
|
| participatedIn |
Battle of Normandy
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Iwo Jima campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Iwo Jima
Okinawa campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Okinawa
Operation Dragoon ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| preservedAs | museum ship ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal-fired boilers (as built)
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oil-fired boilers (after conversion) ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| refitted |
modernized in the 1920s
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received upgraded anti-aircraft armament during World War II ⓘ |
| servedAs | flagship in various operations ⓘ |
| sisterShip | USS New York (BB-34) ⓘ |
| status | museum ship ⓘ |
| 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 Texas (BB-35) Description of subject: USS Texas (BB-35) is a historic U.S. Navy battleship famed for serving in both World War I and World War II and now preserved as a museum ship.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: USS Texas (BB-35)
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linked to: USS Texas (BB-35)