CV-16
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CV-16 is the hull designation of USS Lexington, a famed U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that saw extensive service in World War II and later became a museum ship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CV-16 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7204305 — 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: CV-16 Context triple: [USS Lexington (CV-16), hullNumber, CV-16]
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A.
CV-18
CV-18 is the hull classification and pennant number of USS Wasp, an Essex-class aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II and the Cold War.
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B.
CV-10
CV-10 is the hull number of USS Yorktown, a famed Essex-class aircraft carrier that served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship.
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C.
CV-12
CV-12 is the hull number of USS Hornet, a famed U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that saw extensive service in World War II and later conflicts.
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D.
CVL-27
CVL-27 is the hull number of USS Langley, an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
CV-59
CV-59 is the hull classification and pennant number of USS Forrestal, the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Forrestal-class supercarriers and one of the first supercarriers ever built.
- 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: CV-16 Target entity description: CV-16 is the hull designation of USS Lexington, a famed U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that saw extensive service in World War II and later became a museum ship.
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A.
CV-18
CV-18 is the hull classification and pennant number of USS Wasp, an Essex-class aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II and the Cold War.
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B.
CV-10
CV-10 is the hull number of USS Yorktown, a famed Essex-class aircraft carrier that served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship.
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C.
CV-12
CV-12 is the hull number of USS Hornet, a famed U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that saw extensive service in World War II and later conflicts.
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D.
CVL-27
CVL-27 is the hull number of USS Langley, an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
CV-59
CV-59 is the hull classification and pennant number of USS Forrestal, the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Forrestal-class supercarriers and one of the first supercarriers ever built.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Essex-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ museum ship ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | City of Corpus Christi ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | approximately 90–100 aircraft (WWII) ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
ⓘ
40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 5 in/38 caliber guns ⓘ |
| awarded |
Navy Unit Commendation
ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
linked to:
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
battle stars for Vietnam War service ⓘ multiple battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| battleHonors |
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
ⓘ
Iwo Jima operations ⓘ Marianas campaign ⓘ Okinawa operations ⓘ Pacific Theater operations ⓘ Philippines campaign ⓘ
linked to:
World War II in the Philippines
|
| beam |
28.3 m
ⓘ
93 ft ⓘ |
| builder |
Bethlehem Steel Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Fore River Shipyard ⓘ
linked to:
Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
|
| commissioned | 1943-02-17 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Korean War (support/Cold War era service)
ⓘ
linked to:
Korean War
Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| convertedTo | museum ship ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | around 2,600 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1991-11-08 ⓘ |
| designationChange |
AVT-16
ⓘ
CVA-16 ⓘ CVT-16 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 27,100 long tons (standard) ⓘ |
| homeportDuringWWII | Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-16 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1941-07-15 ⓘ |
| launched | 1942-09-23 ⓘ |
| length |
265.8 m
ⓘ
872 ft ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| museumLocation |
Corpus Christi, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
|
| namedAfter |
Battle of Lexington
ⓘ
linked to:
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| nickname | The Blue Ghost ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Essex class ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| reasonForNickname | frequent reappearances in action after being reported sunk by Japanese propaganda ⓘ |
| rolePostWWII |
anti-submarine warfare carrier
ⓘ
attack aircraft carrier ⓘ training carrier ⓘ |
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: CV-16 Description of subject: CV-16 is the hull designation of USS Lexington, a famed U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that saw extensive service in World War II and later became a museum ship.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.