USS Enterprise (CV-6)
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USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Enterprise (CV-6) canonical | 16 |
| USS Enterprise | 2 |
| CV-6 | 1 |
| USS Enterprise (CVN-65) | 1 |
| USS Enterprise air group | 1 |
| United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) | 1 |
| aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13945 — 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: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Context triple: [Battle of Midway, involvedShipUnitedStates, USS Enterprise (CV-6)]
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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 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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C.
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.
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D.
USS California (BB-44)
USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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E.
USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.
- 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 Enterprise (CV-6) Target entity description: USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
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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 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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C.
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.
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D.
USS California (BB-44)
USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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E.
USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
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World War II warship ⓘ Yorktown-class aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeOperated |
Douglas SBD Dauntless
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Grumman F4F Wildcat ⓘ Grumman F6F Hellcat ⓘ Grumman TBF Avenger ⓘ |
| airGroupCapacity | about 90 aircraft (varied over time) ⓘ |
| armament | anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| battleHonors | 20 battle stars (U.S. Navy count) for World War II ⓘ |
| beam | about 109 feet ⓘ |
| builder |
Newport News Shipbuilding
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surface form:
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
|
| commissioned | May 12, 1938 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 2,200 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | February 17, 1947 ⓘ |
| decoration |
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
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surface form:
Presidential Unit Citation
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| displacement | approximately 20,000 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS Hornet (CV-8) ⓘ |
| homeportDuringWWII | various Pacific bases including Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| hullNumber |
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
CV-6
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| laidDown | July 16, 1934 ⓘ |
| launched | October 3, 1936 ⓘ |
| length | about 824 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 32.5 knots ⓘ |
| namesake |
Yorktown class
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surface form:
Enterprise (tradition of U.S. Navy ships named Enterprise)
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| nickname | The Big E ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
attack on Pearl Harbor
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surface form:
Attack on Pearl Harbor (operations around Hawaii on December 7, 1941)
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Doolittle Raid ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal Campaign
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form:
Okinawa campaign
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| notableFeature | survived multiple major Pacific battles despite heavy damage ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| scrapped | 1958 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Yorktown class ⓘ |
| sponsor | Lulie Swanson ⓘ |
| status | one of the most decorated U.S. ships of World War II ⓘ |
| successor |
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
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| theater |
Pacific War
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surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
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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 Enterprise (CV-6) Description of subject: USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USS Enterprise air group
this entity surface form:
CV-6
this entity surface form:
USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
this entity surface form:
USS Enterprise
this entity surface form:
United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6)
this entity surface form:
aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6)
this entity surface form:
USS Enterprise