USS New Jersey
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USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class United States Navy battleship that saw extensive service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and is now preserved as a museum ship.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS New Jersey (BB-62) | 8 |
| USS New Jersey canonical | 5 |
| Battleship New Jersey | 3 |
| USS New Jersey (BB-62) commissioned in 1943 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T603344 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS New Jersey Context triple: [USS Missouri, sisterShip, USS New Jersey]
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A.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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B.
USS Iowa
USS Iowa was the lead ship of the Iowa-class fast battleships of the United States Navy, renowned for its World War II service and later Cold War deployments.
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C.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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D.
USS South Dakota (BB-57)
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship that served prominently in the Pacific Theater, earning numerous battle stars for its combat service.
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E.
USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
- 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 New Jersey Target entity description: USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class United States Navy battleship that saw extensive service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and is now preserved as a museum ship.
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A.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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B.
USS Iowa
USS Iowa was the lead ship of the Iowa-class fast battleships of the United States Navy, renowned for its World War II service and later Cold War deployments.
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C.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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D.
USS South Dakota (BB-57)
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship that served prominently in the Pacific Theater, earning numerous battle stars for its combat service.
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E.
USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iowa-class battleship
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United States Navy warship ⓘ museum ship ⓘ |
| armament |
Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns
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Harpoon anti-ship missiles ⓘ
linked to:
UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles
Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons ⓘ Phalanx CIWS ⓘ
linked to:
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era)
Tomahawk cruise missiles ⓘ
linked to:
Tomahawk cruise missile
nine 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns ⓘ twenty 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns ⓘ |
| awarded |
Navy Unit Commendation
ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
linked to:
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
multiple battle stars for Korean War ⓘ multiple battle stars for Vietnam War ⓘ multiple battle stars for World War II ⓘ |
| beam | 108 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1943-05-23 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| decommissioned |
1948-06-30
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1957-08-21 ⓘ 1969-12-17 ⓘ 1991-02-08 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 58000 long tons full load ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-62 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1940-09-16 ⓘ |
| launched | 1942-12-07 ⓘ |
| length | 887 feet ⓘ |
| location |
Camden, New Jersey
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linked to:
Camden
|
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| museumOperator |
Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey
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linked to:
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
|
| namedAfter |
U.S. state of New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
|
| notableFeature | most decorated battleship in U.S. Navy history ⓘ |
| openedAsMuseum | 2001 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
Iowa-class battleship group
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa-class battleship
|
| propulsion |
four propeller shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| recommissioned |
1950-11-21
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1968-04-06 ⓘ 1982-12-28 ⓘ |
| sawActionIn |
Korean War
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Lebanon conflict 1983–1984 ⓘ
linked to:
Lebanese Civil War
Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| shipClass | Iowa-class battleship ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
USS Iowa
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USS Missouri ⓘ USS Wisconsin ⓘ |
| status | museum ship ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Eastern Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Mediterranean
Korean Peninsula ⓘ Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific War
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
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: USS New Jersey Description of subject: USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class United States Navy battleship that saw extensive service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and is now preserved as a museum ship.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
New Jersey, United States
linked to: USS New Jersey
subject linked to:
BB-63
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linked to: USS New Jersey
linked to: USS New Jersey
linked to: USS New Jersey
linked to: USS New Jersey
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
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vesselCommissioned
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USS New Jersey (BB-62) commissioned in 1943
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linked to: USS New Jersey
linked to: USS New Jersey
linked to: USS New Jersey
linked to: USS New Jersey
linked to: USS New Jersey