USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
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USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a U.S. Navy Portland-class heavy cruiser best known for delivering components of the first atomic bomb and subsequently sinking in 1945 with great loss of life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Indianapolis (CA-35) canonical | 6 |
| USS Indianapolis | 3 |
| USS Indianapolis (in character backstory) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T419710 — 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 Indianapolis (CA-35) Context triple: [New York Shipbuilding Corporation, notableShipBuilt, USS Indianapolis (CA-35)]
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A.
USS Hancock
USS Hancock was a prominent frigate of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against the British.
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B.
USS Arizona (BB-39)
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class U.S. Navy battleship whose catastrophic destruction and loss of life during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor made it one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’ entry into World War II.
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C.
USS California (BB-44)
USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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D.
USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
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.
- 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 Indianapolis (CA-35) Target entity description: USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a U.S. Navy Portland-class heavy cruiser best known for delivering components of the first atomic bomb and subsequently sinking in 1945 with great loss of life.
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A.
USS Hancock
USS Hancock was a prominent frigate of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against the British.
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B.
USS Arizona (BB-39)
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class U.S. Navy battleship whose catastrophic destruction and loss of life during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor made it one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’ entry into World War II.
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C.
USS California (BB-44)
USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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D.
USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portland-class heavy cruiser
ⓘ
United States Navy warship ⓘ |
| armament |
9 × 8-inch (203 mm) guns
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secondary 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| attacker | Japanese submarine I-58 ⓘ |
| awards | 10 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 66 feet ⓘ |
| builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| cargo | components of the "Little Boy" atomic bomb ⓘ |
| casualties | approximately 879 ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | torpedo attack ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1932-11-15 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplementAtSinking | approximately 1,195 ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1945-07-30 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1945-07-29 ⓘ |
| destinationOfFinalDelivery |
Tinian Island
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linked to:
Tinian
|
| displacement | approximately 9,800 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sunk by Japanese submarine torpedoes ⓘ |
| flagshipFor |
Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
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linked to:
Raymond A. Spruance
|
| foundWreck | 2017-08-19 ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CA-35 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1929-03-31 ⓘ |
| launched | 1931-11-07 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 610 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 32 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Indianapolis, Indiana
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linked to:
Indianapolis
|
| notableConsequence |
many crew died from exposure, dehydration, and shark attacks
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one of the worst losses of life in U.S. Navy history from a single ship ⓘ |
| notableEvent | delivered components of the first operational atomic bomb to Tinian ⓘ |
| numberOfTorpedoesHit | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Okinawa ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ |
| placeBuilt |
Camden, New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Camden
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| placeOfSinking | Philippine Sea ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | flagship of the U.S. Fifth Fleet ⓘ |
| shipClass | Portland class ⓘ |
| shipType | heavy cruiser ⓘ |
| survivors | approximately 316 ⓘ |
| timeToSink | approximately 12 minutes ⓘ |
| wreckLocatedBy | expedition funded by Paul Allen ⓘ |
| wreckLocation |
North Pacific Ocean, near the Philippine Sea
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linked to:
Northwestern Pacific Ocean
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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 Indianapolis (CA-35) Description of subject: USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a U.S. Navy Portland-class heavy cruiser best known for delivering components of the first atomic bomb and subsequently sinking in 1945 with great loss of life.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
subject linked to:
Captain Charles B. McVay III
linked to: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)