USS Langley (CVL-27)
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USS Langley (CVL-27) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Langley (CV-1) | 1 |
| USS Langley (CVL-27) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1293585 — 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 Langley (CVL-27) Context triple: [Battle of the Philippine Sea, aircraftCarrierInvolved, USS Langley (CVL-27)]
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A.
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina.
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B.
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was an Essex-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including major operations against Japan.
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C.
USS Hornet (CV-12)
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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D.
USS Lexington (CV-16)
USS Lexington (CV-16) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater of World War II and later as a training carrier.
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E.
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.
- 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 Langley (CVL-27) Target entity description: USS Langley (CVL-27) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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A.
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina.
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B.
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was an Essex-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including major operations against Japan.
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C.
USS Hornet (CV-12)
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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D.
USS Lexington (CV-16)
USS Lexington (CV-16) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater of World War II and later as a training carrier.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Independence-class light aircraft carrier
ⓘ
United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried |
carrier-based dive bombers
ⓘ
carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ carrier-based torpedo bombers ⓘ |
| awarded |
Navy Unit Commendation
ⓘ
multiple battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| category |
1943 ships
ⓘ
Independence-class aircraft carriers ⓘ Ships built in Camden, New Jersey ⓘ World War II aircraft carriers of the United States ⓘ |
| class | Independence class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1943-08-31 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | Cleveland-class light cruiser hull ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1947-02-11 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 11,000 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CVL-27 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1942-04-10 ⓘ |
| launched | 1943-05-22 ⓘ |
| length | 622 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 31 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Samuel Pierpont Langley ⓘ |
| newNameAfterTransfer | La Fayette (R96) ⓘ |
| notableFor | service in major Pacific operations during World War II ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of the Philippine Sea
ⓘ
Marianas campaign ⓘ Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form:
Okinawa campaign
operations off the Philippines ⓘ |
| placeBuilt |
Camden
ⓘ
surface form:
Camden, New Jersey
|
| previousName | USS Fargo (CL-85) ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | air support for amphibious operations ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| serviceEntryInFrenchNavy | 1951 ⓘ |
| shipType | light aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| soldTo | France ⓘ |
| struckFromNavalRegister | 1959-11-01 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Theater of Operations
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater
|
| transferredTo | French Navy ⓘ |
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 Langley (CVL-27) Description of subject: USS Langley (CVL-27) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USS Langley (CV-1)