BB-47
E184639
BB-47 was the hull number assigned to the canceled South Dakota–class battleship USS Washington, a U.S. Navy capital ship scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before completion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BB-47 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1581180 — 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: BB-47 Context triple: [USS Washington (BB-47), hullNumber, BB-47]
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A.
BB-44
BB-44 was the hull classification symbol for USS California, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served notably during World War II.
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B.
BB-43
BB-43 is the hull classification symbol for USS Tennessee, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
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C.
BB-48
BB-48 is the hull classification symbol for USS West Virginia, a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was damaged at Pearl Harbor and later modernized for World War II service.
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D.
BB-46
BB-46 is the hull classification symbol for USS Maryland, a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
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E.
BB-45
BB-45 is the hull classification symbol for USS Colorado, a Colorado-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during the early to mid-20th century, including 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: BB-47 Target entity description: BB-47 was the hull number assigned to the canceled South Dakota–class battleship USS Washington, a U.S. Navy capital ship scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before completion.
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A.
BB-44
BB-44 was the hull classification symbol for USS California, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served notably during World War II.
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B.
BB-43
BB-43 is the hull classification symbol for USS Tennessee, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
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C.
BB-48
BB-48 is the hull classification symbol for USS West Virginia, a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was damaged at Pearl Harbor and later modernized for World War II service.
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D.
BB-46
BB-46 is the hull classification symbol for USS Maryland, a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
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E.
BB-45
BB-45 is the hull classification symbol for USS Colorado, a Colorado-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during the early to mid-20th century, including World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South Dakota-class battleship
ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ canceled warship ⓘ |
| armamentPlanned |
12 × 16-inch/50 caliber guns
ⓘ
16 × 6-inch/53 caliber guns ⓘ antiaircraft guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beamPlanned | 106 feet ⓘ |
| cancellationReason |
Washington Naval Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Naval Treaty
|
| category |
Canceled ships of the United States Navy
ⓘ
South Dakota-class battleship ⓘ
surface form:
South Dakota-class battleships (1920)
|
| constructionProgressAtCancellation | approximately 75 percent complete ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designPurpose | capital ship for battle fleet ⓘ |
| displacementPlanned | 43000 long tons (standard) ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-47 self-link ⓘ |
| keelLaidFor | United States Navy ⓘ |
| laidDownAt |
Camden
ⓘ
surface form:
Camden, New Jersey
New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| laidDownDate | 30 June 1919 ⓘ |
| launchedDate | 1 September 1921 ⓘ |
| lengthPlanned | 684 feet ⓘ |
| name |
USS Washington (BB-47)
ⓘ
surface form:
USS Washington
|
| namedAfter |
Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (U.S. state)
|
| neverCommissioned | true ⓘ |
| neverCompleted | true ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
South Dakota-class battleship
ⓘ
surface form:
South Dakota-class battleship program (canceled)
|
| propulsionPlanned | steam turbines ⓘ |
| scrappedBy | New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| scrappedUnder |
Washington Naval Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Naval Treaty
|
| scrappingEndDate | 1924 ⓘ |
| scrappingLocation |
Camden
ⓘ
surface form:
Camden, New Jersey
|
| scrappingStartDate | 1924 ⓘ |
| shipClass |
South Dakota-class battleship
ⓘ
surface form:
South Dakota-class battleship (1920)
|
| shipType | battleship ⓘ |
| status | canceled ⓘ |
| successorNameReusedBy | USS Washington (BB-56) ⓘ |
| treatyLimitedBy |
Washington Naval Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Naval Conference naval limitations
|
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: BB-47 Description of subject: BB-47 was the hull number assigned to the canceled South Dakota–class battleship USS Washington, a U.S. Navy capital ship scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before completion.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Washington (BB-47)