BB-56
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BB-56 is the hull number of USS Washington, a North Carolina-class battleship that served prominently with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| BB-56 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6094802 — 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: BB-56 Context triple: [USS Washington (BB-56), hullNumber, BB-56]
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A.
BB-59
BB-59 is the hull classification symbol for USS Massachusetts, a South Dakota-class battleship that served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship.
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B.
BB-57
BB-57 is the hull classification symbol for USS South Dakota, a World War II-era South Dakota-class battleship of the United States Navy.
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C.
BB-36
BB-36 is the hull classification symbol for USS Nevada, a U.S. Navy battleship notable for its service during both World Wars and survival of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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D.
BB-62
BB-62 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship that served as one of the most decorated warships in United States Navy history.
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E.
BB-63
BB-63 is the hull number of USS Missouri, a famous Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II.
- 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: BB-56 Target entity description: BB-56 is the hull number of USS Washington, a North Carolina-class battleship that served prominently with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
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A.
BB-59
BB-59 is the hull classification symbol for USS Massachusetts, a South Dakota-class battleship that served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship.
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B.
BB-57
BB-57 is the hull classification symbol for USS South Dakota, a World War II-era South Dakota-class battleship of the United States Navy.
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C.
BB-36
BB-36 is the hull classification symbol for USS Nevada, a U.S. Navy battleship notable for its service during both World Wars and survival of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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D.
BB-62
BB-62 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship that served as one of the most decorated warships in United States Navy history.
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E.
BB-63
BB-63 is the hull number of USS Missouri, a famous Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North Carolina-class battleship
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United States Navy ship hull number ⓘ battleship ⓘ hull number ⓘ |
| armament |
20 × 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns
ⓘ
9 × 16-inch/45 caliber guns ⓘ light anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| awards |
Presidential Unit Citation (U.S.)
ⓘ
linked to:
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
multiple battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | about 108 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard ⓘ |
| callSign | Navy hull classification symbol BB-56 ⓘ |
| category |
Ships built at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
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World War II battleships of the United States ⓘ |
| class | North Carolina class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1941-05-15 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 1,800 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1947-06-27 ⓘ |
| designates |
USS Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Washington (BB-56)
|
| displacement | about 35,000 long tons (standard) ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Task Force 64 (at times during Guadalcanal campaign) ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-56 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1938-06-14 ⓘ |
| launched | 1940-06-01 ⓘ |
| length | about 728 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 27 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
U.S. state of Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington State, United States
|
| notableAction | sank Japanese battleship Kirishima at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of the Philippine Sea
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Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS North Carolina (BB-55) ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four propeller shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
escort for aircraft carriers
ⓘ
shore bombardment ⓘ |
| scrapped | 1961 ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| status | scrapped; no longer extant ⓘ |
| successorInClass | none (last of the North Carolina class) ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Atlantic Theater of World War II
ⓘ
Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
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: BB-56 Description of subject: BB-56 is the hull number of USS Washington, a North Carolina-class battleship that served prominently with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
BB-56