USS Helena (CL-113)
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USS Helena (CL-113) was a planned United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser whose construction was canceled before completion near the end of World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Helena (CL-113) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6054837 — 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 Helena (CL-113) Context triple: [USS Helena (CL-50), successor, USS Helena (CL-113)]
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USS Helena (CL-50)
USS Helena (CL-50) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw heavy action in the Pacific during World War II, earning distinction for its role in several major engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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USS Juneau (CL-52)
USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy in World War II, best known for its tragic sinking during the Guadalcanal campaign with the loss of most of the Sullivan brothers.
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USS Honolulu (CL-48)
USS Honolulu (CL-48) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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USS Henley (DD-391)
USS Henley (DD-391) was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
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USS Hoel (DD-533)
USS Hoel (DD-533) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy that gained renown for its heroic but doomed attack against a vastly superior Japanese force during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS Helena (CL-113) Target entity description: USS Helena (CL-113) was a planned United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser whose construction was canceled before completion near the end of World War II.
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USS Helena (CL-50)
USS Helena (CL-50) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw heavy action in the Pacific during World War II, earning distinction for its role in several major engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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USS Juneau (CL-52)
USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy in World War II, best known for its tragic sinking during the Guadalcanal campaign with the loss of most of the Sullivan brothers.
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USS Honolulu (CL-48)
USS Honolulu (CL-48) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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USS Henley (DD-391)
USS Henley (DD-391) was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1943.
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USS Hoel (DD-533)
USS Hoel (DD-533) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy that gained renown for its heroic but doomed attack against a vastly superior Japanese force during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cleveland-class light cruiser
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planned warship ⓘ |
| classDesignOrigin | United States Navy cruiser design of early 1940s ⓘ |
| completionStatus | canceled before completion ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| constructionStatus | canceled during construction ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CL-113 ⓘ |
| intendedRole |
anti-aircraft escort
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screening vessel for carrier task forces ⓘ surface combatant ⓘ |
| name | USS Helena ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Helena, Montana ⓘ |
| namedForCity | Helena ⓘ |
| namedForState | Montana ⓘ |
| navalFleet |
United States Pacific Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Pacific Fleet
|
| navalPrefix | USS ⓘ |
| navalTheaterIntended |
Pacific Theater of World War II
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linked to:
Pacific War
|
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| plannedArmamentClass | Cleveland-class cruiser standard armament ⓘ |
| plannedDisplacementClass | Cleveland-class cruiser standard displacement ⓘ |
| plannedPropulsionClass | Cleveland-class cruiser propulsion system ⓘ |
| reasonForCancellation | reduced need for new cruisers near the end of World War II ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipCategory |
World War II cruiser of the United States (planned)
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canceled ship of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass | Cleveland-class cruiser ⓘ |
| shipNumberInNameSeries | third U.S. Navy ship named USS Helena ⓘ |
| shipType | light cruiser ⓘ |
| status | canceled ⓘ |
| successorClassContext | part of U.S. Navy wartime cruiser expansion program ⓘ |
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 Helena (CL-113) Description of subject: USS Helena (CL-113) was a planned United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser whose construction was canceled before completion near the end of World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.