USS St. Louis (CL-49)
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USS St. Louis (CL-49) was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including action at Pearl Harbor and numerous subsequent campaigns.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS St. Louis (CL-49) canonical | 2 |
| US light cruiser USS St. Louis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9521450 — 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 St. Louis (CL-49) Context triple: [Brooklyn-class cruiser, ship, USS St. Louis (CL-49)]
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A.
USS Nashville (CL-43)
USS Nashville (CL-43) was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing escort, shore bombardment, and flagship duties.
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B.
USS Honolulu (CL-48)
USS Honolulu (CL-48) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
USS Mississippi (BB-41)
USS Mississippi (BB-41) was a United States Navy battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, providing shore bombardment, convoy escort, and fleet support in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
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D.
USS Helena (CL-50)
USS Helena (CL-50) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw heavy action in the Pacific during World War II, earning distinction for its role in several major engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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E.
USS Juneau (CL-52)
USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy in World War II, best known for its tragic sinking during the Guadalcanal campaign with the loss of most of the Sullivan brothers.
- 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 St. Louis (CL-49) Target entity description: USS St. Louis (CL-49) was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including action at Pearl Harbor and numerous subsequent campaigns.
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A.
USS Nashville (CL-43)
USS Nashville (CL-43) was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing escort, shore bombardment, and flagship duties.
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B.
USS Honolulu (CL-48)
USS Honolulu (CL-48) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
USS Mississippi (BB-41)
USS Mississippi (BB-41) was a United States Navy battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, providing shore bombardment, convoy escort, and fleet support in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
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D.
USS Helena (CL-50)
USS Helena (CL-50) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw heavy action in the Pacific during World War II, earning distinction for its role in several major engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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E.
USS Juneau (CL-52)
USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy in World War II, best known for its tragic sinking during the Guadalcanal campaign with the loss of most of the Sullivan brothers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brooklyn-class light cruiser
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United States Navy warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | floatplanes for scouting ⓘ |
| armamentAA |
multiple 20 mm Oerlikon guns (WWII fit)
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multiple 40 mm Bofors guns (WWII fit) ⓘ |
| armamentMain | fifteen 6-inch/47 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | five 5-inch/25 caliber guns (as built) ⓘ |
| awarded | 11 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| battleHonors |
Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
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linked to:
attack on Pearl Harbor
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| beam | about 61 feet 9 inches ⓘ |
| builder |
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
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linked to:
Newport News Shipbuilding
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| builtAt | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1939-05-19 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 868 officers and enlisted (wartime) ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
Japanese torpedo at Battle of Kolombangara
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kamikaze attacks in the Philippines ⓘ |
| dateSold | 1951-01-22 ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1946-06-20 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 12,200 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 9,700 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | about 19 feet 5 inches ⓘ |
| fate | sold to Brazil ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1936-12-10 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1938-04-15 ⓘ |
| length | about 608 feet ⓘ |
| locationOnDate | Pearl Harbor on 1941-12-07 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 32.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
St. Louis, Missouri
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linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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linked to:
attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay ⓘ Battle of Kolombangara ⓘ Bougainville operations ⓘ Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Solomon Islands campaign
Leyte Gulf operations ⓘ New Georgia campaign ⓘ
linked to:
New Georgia Campaign
Philippines campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945)
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| pennantNumber | CL-49 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four propeller shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| scrapped | yes ⓘ |
| scrappedApproxDate | 1970s ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | Brazil ⓘ |
| shipClass | Brooklyn-class cruiser ⓘ |
| soldTo | Brazil ⓘ |
| subsequentName | Almirante Tamandaré (C-12) ⓘ |
| survivedAttack |
Attack on Pearl Harbor
ⓘ
linked to:
attack on Pearl Harbor
|
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ |
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 St. Louis (CL-49) Description of subject: USS St. Louis (CL-49) was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including action at Pearl Harbor and numerous subsequent campaigns.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USS St. Louis (CL-49)