USS Rochester
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USS Rochester was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw significant combat service during the Korean War and other Cold War-era operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Rochester canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4237017 — 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 Rochester Context triple: [Hungnam evacuation, notableShip, USS Rochester]
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A.
USS Providence
USS Providence was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy that served during the American Revolutionary War, participating in several key naval operations against British forces.
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B.
USS Leonard F. Mason
USS Leonard F. Mason was a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for serving as the primary recovery ship for NASA’s Gemini 8 space mission.
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C.
USS Lamson
USS Lamson was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was later used as a target ship during the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, where it was sunk and now lies as a shipwreck.
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D.
USS Farenholt
USS Farenholt was a U.S. Navy Benson-class destroyer that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.
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E.
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.
- 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 Rochester Target entity description: USS Rochester was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw significant combat service during the Korean War and other Cold War-era operations.
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A.
USS Providence
USS Providence was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy that served during the American Revolutionary War, participating in several key naval operations against British forces.
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B.
USS Leonard F. Mason
USS Leonard F. Mason was a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for serving as the primary recovery ship for NASA’s Gemini 8 space mission.
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C.
USS Lamson
USS Lamson was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was later used as a target ship during the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, where it was sunk and now lies as a shipwreck.
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D.
USS Farenholt
USS Farenholt was a U.S. Navy Benson-class destroyer that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baltimore-class heavy cruiser
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United States Navy warship ⓘ heavy cruiser ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities |
helicopter deck (later modifications)
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seaplane catapults (early service) ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns
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20 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 9 × 8-inch/55 caliber guns ⓘ |
| awarded | battle stars for Korean War ⓘ |
| battleHonors | Korean War service ⓘ |
| beam | 21.6 meters ⓘ |
| builder |
Bethlehem Steel Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
|
| builtAt | Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| class | Baltimore-class cruiser ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1946-12-20 ⓘ |
| conflict | Korean War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 1,100 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1961-08-15 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 17,000 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 14,500 tons ⓘ |
| draft | 7.4 meters ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| homeport | Pacific Fleet ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CA-124 ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1943-05-29 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1944-08-28 ⓘ |
| length | 205 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 33 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rochester, New York ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Cold War-era Western Pacific deployments
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Korean War amphibious operations ⓘ Taiwan Strait patrols ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | CA-124 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| roleInKoreanWar |
carrier task force screening
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naval gunfire support ⓘ shore bombardment ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | post–World War II ⓘ |
| soldForScrapOn | 1974-02-13 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mrs. F. J. Kenney ⓘ |
| strickenFromNavalRegisterOn | 1973-10-01 ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Inchon landings
ⓘ
linked to:
Inchon Landing
|
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 Rochester Description of subject: USS Rochester was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw significant combat service during the Korean War and other Cold War-era operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.