BB-63
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BB-63 canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T603305 — 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-63 Context triple: [USS Missouri, hullNumber, BB-63]
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A.
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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B.
BB-38
BB-38 is the hull number of USS Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during both World Wars.
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C.
BB-39
BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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D.
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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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-63 Target entity description: 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.
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A.
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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B.
BB-38
BB-38 is the hull number of USS Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during both World Wars.
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C.
BB-39
BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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D.
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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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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iowa-class battleship
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hull number ⓘ |
| armament |
20 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns
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9 × 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns ⓘ |
| awarded |
Battle stars for Korean War
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Battle stars for World War II ⓘ Combat Action Ribbon (Gulf War era) ⓘ |
| beam | about 108 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ |
| category |
Cold War warship
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World War II warship ⓘ museum ship in Hawaii ⓘ |
| class |
Iowa-class
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa-class battleship
|
| commissionedOn | 1944-06-11 ⓘ |
| conflictParticipated |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplement |
about 1,500 (Cold War)
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about 1,900 (World War II) ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1955-02-26 ⓘ |
| displacement |
about 45,000 long tons (standard)
ⓘ
about 58,000 long tons (full load) ⓘ |
| finalDecommissioningDate | 1992-03-31 ⓘ |
| homeportDuringService | various U.S. Navy bases ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-63 ⓘ |
| identifierFor | USS Missouri ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1941-01-06 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1944-01-29 ⓘ |
| length | about 887 feet ⓘ |
| location | USS Missouri ⓘ |
| locationDuringEvent | Tokyo Bay ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| modernization | 1980s reactivation and modernization ⓘ |
| mooredNear | USS Arizona Memorial ⓘ |
| museumLocation |
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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linked to:
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
|
| namedAfter |
U.S. state of Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
United States state of Missouri
|
| NavyHullClassificationSymbol | BB-63 ⓘ |
| notableEvent | site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | BB-63 ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| recommissionedOn | 1986-05-10 ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
USS Iowa (BB-61)
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linked to:
USS Iowa
USS New Jersey (BB-62) ⓘ
linked to:
USS New Jersey
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) ⓘ
linked to:
USS Wisconsin
|
| status | museum ship ⓘ |
| tookPlaceOn | 1945-09-02 ⓘ |
| UNESCOMemoryOfTheWorldRelated |
Instrument of Surrender of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Japanese Instrument of Surrender
|
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-63 Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.