USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was a Midway-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently during the Cold War era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Franklin D. Roosevelt canonical | 2 |
| USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3568848 — 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt Context triple: [Ken Mattingly, servedOn, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt]
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A.
USS Franklin
USS Franklin was an American Essex-class aircraft carrier that saw extensive combat in the Pacific Theater during World War II and survived severe battle damage.
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B.
USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.
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C.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
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D.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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E.
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.
- 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt Target entity description: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was a Midway-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently during the Cold War era.
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A.
USS Franklin
USS Franklin was an American Essex-class aircraft carrier that saw extensive combat in the Pacific Theater during World War II and survived severe battle damage.
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B.
USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.
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C.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
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D.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Midway-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried |
carrier-based attack aircraft
ⓘ
carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| armament | anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| beam |
113 ft
ⓘ
34 m ⓘ |
| builder | New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ |
| class | Midway class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 27 October 1945 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Lebanon crisis of 1958
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | over 3,000 personnel ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 30 September 1977 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 45,000 long tons full load ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| homeport |
Naval Station Mayport
ⓘ
Naval Station Norfolk ⓘ |
| hullNumber |
CV-42
ⓘ
CVA-42 ⓘ CVB-42 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1 December 1943 ⓘ |
| launched | 29 April 1945 ⓘ |
| length |
295 m
ⓘ
968 ft ⓘ |
| locationOfConstruction |
Brooklyn, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Brooklyn
|
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| modernization | SCB-110A modernization program ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| notableEvent |
first U.S. aircraft carrier to operate jet aircraft as a significant part of its air group
ⓘ
received angled flight deck modernization ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Atlantic Fleet ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | 42 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| scrappedAt | Kearny, New Jersey ⓘ |
| scrappingBegan | 1978 ⓘ |
| serviceDuration | 1945–1977 ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | post-World War II period ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ |
| stricken | 1 October 1977 ⓘ |
| visitedPort |
Athens
ⓘ
Barcelona ⓘ Naples ⓘ |
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 Franklin D. Roosevelt Description of subject: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was a Midway-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently during the Cold War era.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt