USS
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USS is the standard ship prefix used by the United States Navy to denote a commissioned vessel of the U.S. fleet.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS canonical | 31 |
| U.S. Navy vessels | 1 |
| USS (United States Ship prefix) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1005219 — 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 Context triple: [USS Lexington, hasNamePrefix, USS]
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A.
USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
SS Jeremiah O’Brien
SS Jeremiah O’Brien is a preserved World War II Liberty ship now serving as a museum vessel and historic attraction in San Francisco.
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C.
USS Astoria
USS Astoria was a U.S. Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that served in the Pacific during World War II before being lost early in the Guadalcanal campaign.
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D.
USS Dewey
USS Dewey is a United States Navy warship named in honor of Admiral George Dewey, famed for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
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E.
USS Chicago
USS Chicago was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that served in the Pacific during World War II, seeing significant action before being sunk in early 1943.
- 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 Target entity description: USS is the standard ship prefix used by the United States Navy to denote a commissioned vessel of the U.S. fleet.
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A.
USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
SS Jeremiah O’Brien
SS Jeremiah O’Brien is a preserved World War II Liberty ship now serving as a museum vessel and historic attraction in San Francisco.
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C.
USS Astoria
USS Astoria was a U.S. Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that served in the Pacific during World War II before being lost early in the Guadalcanal campaign.
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D.
USS Dewey
USS Dewey is a United States Navy warship named in honor of Admiral George Dewey, famed for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
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E.
USS Chicago
USS Chicago was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that served in the Pacific during World War II, seeing significant action before being sunk in early 1943.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naval designation
ⓘ
ship prefix ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | United States Ship ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
active commissioned ships
ⓘ
commissioned auxiliary vessels ⓘ commissioned submarines ⓘ |
| classification | U.S. naval nomenclature ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| denotes | commissioned vessel of the U.S. Navy ⓘ |
| domain |
maritime
ⓘ
military ⓘ |
| follows | commissioning of the ship ⓘ |
| fullForm | United States Ship ⓘ |
| governingAuthority |
U.S. Department of the Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of the Navy
|
| hasOppositeStatusPrefix | USNS ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notUsedFor |
U.S. Military Sealift Command non-commissioned ships
ⓘ
civilian vessels ⓘ non-commissioned U.S. Navy ships ⓘ |
| precedes | ship name in written form ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
HMS
ⓘ
RMS ⓘ
linked to:
RMS Queen Elizabeth
USCGC ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Coast Guard cutters
USNS ⓘ |
| scope | U.S. Navy fleet ⓘ |
| statusIndicated | commissioned status ⓘ |
| typicalContext |
formal ship identification
ⓘ
historical naval records ⓘ naval registries ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
naval documentation
ⓘ
official correspondence ⓘ operational orders ⓘ ship names ⓘ |
| usedSinceCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
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 Description of subject: USS is the standard ship prefix used by the United States Navy to denote a commissioned vessel of the U.S. fleet.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.