BB-41
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BB-41 is the hull classification symbol for USS Mississippi, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| BB-41 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7768219 — 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-41 Context triple: [USS Mississippi (BB-41), hullNumber, BB-41]
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A.
BB-43
BB-43 is the hull classification symbol for USS Tennessee, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
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B.
BB-44
BB-44 was the hull classification symbol for USS California, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served notably during World War II.
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C.
BB-40
BB-40 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Mexico, a U.S. Navy battleship that served primarily during the early to mid-20th century, including World War II.
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D.
BB-47
BB-47 was the hull number assigned to the canceled South Dakota–class battleship USS Washington, a U.S. Navy capital ship scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before completion.
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E.
BB-46
BB-46 is the hull classification symbol for USS Maryland, a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during 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-41 Target entity description: BB-41 is the hull classification symbol for USS Mississippi, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
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A.
BB-43
BB-43 is the hull classification symbol for USS Tennessee, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
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B.
BB-44
BB-44 was the hull classification symbol for USS California, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served notably during World War II.
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C.
BB-40
BB-40 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Mexico, a U.S. Navy battleship that served primarily during the early to mid-20th century, including World War II.
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D.
BB-47
BB-47 was the hull number assigned to the canceled South Dakota–class battleship USS Washington, a U.S. Navy capital ship scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before completion.
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E.
BB-46
BB-46 is the hull classification symbol for USS Maryland, a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Mexico-class battleship
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battleship ⓘ hull classification symbol ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 14-inch/50 caliber guns
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14 × 5-inch guns (various marks over career) ⓘ anti-aircraft guns (various types over career) ⓘ |
| armour |
belt up to 13.5 inches
ⓘ
conning tower up to 16 inches ⓘ deck up to 3.5 inches ⓘ turrets up to 18 inches ⓘ |
| awards | battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 29 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| class | New Mexico class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1917-12-18 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 1100 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1956-09-17 ⓘ |
| denotes | USS Mississippi (BB-41) ⓘ |
| displacement |
32100 long tons (standard)
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33300 long tons (full load) ⓘ |
| draft | 9.1 meters ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | various task groups in the Pacific Fleet ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS New Mexico (BB-40) ⓘ |
| homeport |
Pacific Fleet (various bases)
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Fleet
|
| laidDown | 1915-04-05 ⓘ |
| launched | 1917-01-25 ⓘ |
| length | 190 meters ⓘ |
| locationOfConstruction | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
| modernized | 1930s ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
U.S. state of Mississippi
ⓘ
linked to:
State of Mississippi
|
| notableEvent | turret explosion in 1924 during gunnery practice ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | BB-41 ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Idaho (BB-42) ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 propeller shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | gunnery training ship ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | late 1950s ⓘ |
| servedInConflict |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Theater of Operations
operations at Okinawa ⓘ operations in the Aleutian Islands ⓘ operations in the Philippines ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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-41 Description of subject: BB-41 is the hull classification symbol for USS Mississippi, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.