Colorado-class battleship
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The Colorado-class battleship was a group of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built in the early 20th century, notable for their heavy 16-inch guns and service around the World War II era.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colorado-class battleship canonical | 6 |
| Colorado-class | 2 |
| Colorado-class battleships | 1 |
| Colorado-class battleships of the United States Navy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1581022 — 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: Colorado-class battleship Context triple: [USS Washington (BB-47), class, Colorado-class battleship]
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A.
Iowa-class battleship
The Iowa-class battleship is a class of fast, heavily armed U.S. Navy battleships built during World War II, renowned for their large 16-inch guns, thick armor, and long service lives extending into the late 20th century.
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B.
Florida-class battleship
The Florida-class battleship was an early 20th-century class of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that marked a step forward in American capital ship design before World War I.
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C.
New York-class battleship
The New York-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced 14-inch guns and served prominently through both World Wars.
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D.
Nevada-class battleship
The Nevada-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced major design innovations such as the "all-or-nothing" armor scheme and oil-fired propulsion.
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E.
New Mexico-class battleship
The New Mexico-class battleship was a group of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built during World War I that introduced improved firepower, armor, and propulsion over earlier classes and served through World War II.
- 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: Colorado-class battleship Target entity description: The Colorado-class battleship was a group of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built in the early 20th century, notable for their heavy 16-inch guns and service around the World War II era.
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A.
Iowa-class battleship
The Iowa-class battleship is a class of fast, heavily armed U.S. Navy battleships built during World War II, renowned for their large 16-inch guns, thick armor, and long service lives extending into the late 20th century.
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B.
Florida-class battleship
The Florida-class battleship was an early 20th-century class of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that marked a step forward in American capital ship design before World War I.
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C.
New York-class battleship
The New York-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced 14-inch guns and served prominently through both World Wars.
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D.
Nevada-class battleship
The Nevada-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced major design innovations such as the "all-or-nothing" armor scheme and oil-fired propulsion.
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E.
New Mexico-class battleship
The New Mexico-class battleship was a group of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built during World War I that introduced improved firepower, armor, and propulsion over earlier classes and served through World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battleship class
ⓘ
dreadnought battleship class ⓘ |
| antiAircraftArmament | 3-inch and later 40 mm and 20 mm AA guns ⓘ |
| armoredWith |
armored deck
ⓘ
armored turrets ⓘ belt armor up to about 13.5 inches ⓘ |
| builtForConflict | potential World War I service ⓘ |
| category | capital ship ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod |
1910s
ⓘ
early 1920s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 1,000 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| designedAs | standard-type battleship ⓘ |
| designedBy | Bureau of Construction and Repair (U.S. Navy) ⓘ |
| designedRange | approximately 8,000 nautical miles at cruising speed ⓘ |
| designStandard | U.S. Navy standard-type battleship concept ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | over 33,000 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 32,000 long tons ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
interwar period ⓘ |
| finalDisposition | all surviving ships scrapped ⓘ |
| followedBy | South Dakota-class battleship (1920) ⓘ |
| gunCaliber | 16-inch (406 mm) ⓘ |
| hasCanceledMember | USS Washington (BB-47) ⓘ |
| hasMember |
USS Colorado (BB-45)
ⓘ
USS Maryland (BB-46) ⓘ USS West Virginia (BB-48) ⓘ |
| mainBatteryArrangement | four twin turrets ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 21 knots ⓘ |
| modernized |
during World War II
ⓘ
during the 1930s ⓘ |
| namedAfter | U.S. states ⓘ |
| navalArchitectureType | all-or-nothing armor scheme ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first U.S. battleship class with 16-inch guns as main battery ⓘ |
| numberOfMainGuns | 8 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Tennessee-class battleship ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | 16-inch/45 caliber guns ⓘ |
| propulsionType |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
fleet battleship
ⓘ
shore bombardment ship ⓘ |
| sawServiceIn | World War II ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 5-inch guns (various mounts over career) ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
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| status | all units decommissioned ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Pacific Theater of Operations
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater operations
|
| usedIn |
amphibious assault support
ⓘ
naval gunfire support ⓘ |
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: Colorado-class battleship Description of subject: The Colorado-class battleship was a group of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built in the early 20th century, notable for their heavy 16-inch guns and service around the World War II era.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Washington (BB-47)
subject surface form:
USS Colorado (BB-45)
subject surface form:
USS Maryland (BB-46)
subject surface form:
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
subject surface form:
USS Washington (BB-47)
this entity surface form:
Colorado-class battleships
subject surface form:
USS Maryland
this entity surface form:
Colorado-class
subject surface form:
USS Maryland
this entity surface form:
Colorado-class battleships of the United States Navy
subject surface form:
USS Colorado
this entity surface form:
Colorado-class