USS Hornet (CV-12)
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USS Hornet (CV-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Hornet (CV-12) canonical | 14 |
| USS Hornet | 3 |
| USS Hornet (CVS-12) | 2 |
| USS Hornet (CV-12) at Alameda, California | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T676664 — 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)
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Target entity: USS Hornet (CV-12) Context triple: [USS Hornet (CV-8), successorNameShip, USS Hornet (CV-12)]
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USS Hornet (CV-8)
USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
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USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.
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USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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D.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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E.
USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.
- 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 Hornet (CV-12) Target entity description: USS Hornet (CV-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California.
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A.
USS Hornet (CV-8)
USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
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B.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.
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C.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Essex-class aircraft carrier
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United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ museum ship ⓘ |
| addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces | 1991 ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | about 90–100 aircraft (WWII) ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns (WWII configuration)
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40 mm anti-aircraft guns (WWII configuration) ⓘ 5-inch guns (WWII configuration) ⓘ |
| battleHonors |
Korean War service stars
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Vietnam War service stars ⓘ World War II battle stars ⓘ |
| beam | about 93 feet at waterline ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| builtAt | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| commissioned | 29 November 1943 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Korean War
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 2,600 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 26 June 1970 ⓘ |
| designation | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| displacement |
about 27,100 long tons standard
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about 36,380 long tons full load ⓘ |
| fleet |
United States Pacific Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Pacific Fleet
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| flightDeckBeam | about 147 feet ⓘ |
| homeportAsMuseum | Alameda, California ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-12 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 3 August 1942 ⓘ |
| launched | 30 August 1943 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 872 feet ⓘ |
| location | Alameda, California ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| museumName | USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Hornet (insect)
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USS Hornet (CV-8) ⓘ |
| nickname | The Grey Ghost of the Pacific ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
participated in operations against the Japanese home islands
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participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ participated in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ recovered Apollo 11 astronauts ⓘ recovered Apollo 12 astronauts ⓘ served as an anti-submarine warfare carrier during the Cold War ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | CV-12 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
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8 boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
primary recovery ship for Apollo 11 mission
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primary recovery ship for Apollo 12 mission ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | World War II era ⓘ |
| shipClass | Essex class ⓘ |
| shipType | aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| status | museum ship ⓘ |
| successorTo | USS Hornet (CV-8) ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Theater of Operations
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linked to:
Pacific theater commands
|
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 Hornet (CV-12) Description of subject: USS Hornet (CV-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USS Hornet (CV-12)
linked to: USS Hornet (CV-12)
linked to: USS Hornet (CV-12)
subject linked to:
Essex class
subject linked to:
Essex class
subject linked to:
Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
subject linked to:
Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
subject linked to:
Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
linked to: USS Hornet (CV-12)
linked to: USS Hornet (CV-12)