USS Saratoga
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Saratoga canonical | 5 |
| USS Saratoga (CV-3) | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T397164 — 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 Saratoga Context triple: [Operation Crossroads, includedShip, USS Saratoga]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
USS Ranger
USS Ranger was a prominent sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, best known for its daring Atlantic operations under Captain John Paul Jones.
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D.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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E.
USS Lexington (CV-2)
USS Lexington (CV-2) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the early World War II era that played a major role in Pacific operations before being lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
- 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 Saratoga Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
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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C.
USS Ranger
USS Ranger was a prominent sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, best known for its daring Atlantic operations under Captain John Paul Jones.
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D.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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E.
USS Lexington (CV-2)
USS Lexington (CV-2) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the early World War II era that played a major role in Pacific operations before being lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lexington-class aircraft carrier
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United States Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ target ship ⓘ |
| airGroup | carrier-based aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
8 × 8-inch guns (as built)
ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| awards | 8 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
ⓘ
Bougainville operations ⓘ Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima operations ⓘ |
| beam | 106 feet ⓘ |
| builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| builtAt |
Camden, New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Camden
|
| commissioned | 16 November 1927 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Pacific War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| damagedBy | torpedoes ⓘ |
| damagedIn |
August 1942 torpedo attack
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January 1942 torpedo attack ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 16 August 1946 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 36,000 long tons (full load) ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as target ⓘ |
| homeport | San Diego ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-3 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 25 September 1920 ⓘ |
| launched | 7 April 1925 ⓘ |
| length | 888 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Battle of Saratoga
ⓘ
linked to:
Saratoga campaign
|
| notableFor | being used as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 propeller shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
fleet carrier
ⓘ
night carrier training ship ⓘ training carrier ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| shipClass | Lexington class ⓘ |
| shipwreckLocation |
Bikini Atoll lagoon
ⓘ
linked to:
Bikini Atoll
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| shipwreckUse | recreational dive site ⓘ |
| sinkingDate | 25 July 1946 ⓘ |
| status | shipwreck ⓘ |
| sunkBy |
underwater nuclear test Baker
ⓘ
linked to:
Operation Crossroads
|
| sunkIn | Operation Crossroads ⓘ |
| testLocation | Bikini Atoll ⓘ |
| testProgram |
Operation Crossroads nuclear tests
ⓘ
linked to:
Operation Crossroads
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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 Saratoga Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USS Saratoga
subject linked to:
Lexington class
linked to: USS Saratoga
subject linked to:
Lady Lex
linked to: USS Saratoga
linked to: USS Saratoga
linked to: USS Saratoga