CA-32
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CA-32 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Orleans, a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive service during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| CA-32 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4444489 — 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: CA-32 Context triple: [USS New Orleans (CA-32), hullNumber, CA-32]
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CA-35
CA-35 is the hull classification symbol for USS Indianapolis, a U.S. Navy Portland-class heavy cruiser best known for its World War II service and tragic sinking after delivering components of the first atomic bomb.
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B.
CA-34
CA-34 was the hull number of USS Astoria, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II and was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942.
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C.
CA-39
CA-39 was the hull classification symbol of USS Quincy, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
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D.
CA-44
CA-44 was the hull classification symbol for USS Vincennes, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the early years of World War II before being sunk in the Battle of Savo Island.
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E.
Oshkosh Racey
Oshkosh Racey is a celebrated American racing greyhound renowned for his exceptional track performance and status as one of the sport’s notable champions.
- 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: CA-32 Target entity description: CA-32 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Orleans, a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive service during World War II.
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A.
CA-35
CA-35 is the hull classification symbol for USS Indianapolis, a U.S. Navy Portland-class heavy cruiser best known for its World War II service and tragic sinking after delivering components of the first atomic bomb.
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B.
CA-34
CA-34 was the hull number of USS Astoria, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II and was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942.
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C.
CA-39
CA-39 was the hull classification symbol of USS Quincy, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
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D.
CA-44
CA-44 was the hull classification symbol for USS Vincennes, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the early years of World War II before being sunk in the Battle of Savo Island.
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E.
Oshkosh Racey
Oshkosh Racey is a celebrated American racing greyhound renowned for his exceptional track performance and status as one of the sport’s notable champions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heavy cruiser
ⓘ
hull classification symbol ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch secondary guns
ⓘ
8 × 8-inch (203 mm) main guns ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Navy Unit Commendation
ⓘ
multiple battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| builder |
New York Navy Yard
ⓘ
linked to:
New York Naval Shipyard
|
| category |
New Orleans-class heavy cruisers of the United States Navy
ⓘ
World War II cruisers of the United States ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| decommissioned | post-World War II ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 10000 long tons (standard) ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
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interwar period ⓘ |
| hullClassificationSymbol | CA-32 ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 32 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
New Orleans, Louisiana
ⓘ
linked to:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
|
| navalShipClass | New Orleans-class cruiser ⓘ |
| notableDamage | severe bow damage at Battle of Tassafaronga ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Coral Sea
ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of Tassafaronga ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Guadalcanal
Leyte Gulf operations ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Leyte Gulf
|
| pennantNumber | CA-32 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
geared turbines
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| refersTo | USS New Orleans ⓘ |
| scrapped | yes ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
U.S. Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy
|
| serviceEntryYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| shipType | heavy cruiser ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Theater
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Theater of Operations
|
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: CA-32 Description of subject: CA-32 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Orleans, a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive service during World War II.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.