USS Quincy (CA-71)
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USS Quincy (CA-71) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served during World War II, including in the Pacific Theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Quincy (CA-71) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2946399 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS Quincy (CA-71) Context triple: [USS Quincy (CA-39), successorNameUsedBy, USS Quincy (CA-71)]
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A.
USS Louisville (CA-28)
USS Louisville (CA-28) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.
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B.
USS Northampton (CA-26)
USS Northampton (CA-26) was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser of the Northampton class that served in the Pacific during World War II until she was lost in late 1942.
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C.
USS New Orleans (CA-32)
USS New Orleans (CA-32) was a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II, earning numerous battle stars for its service.
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D.
USS Wichita (CA-45)
USS Wichita (CA-45) was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser of the late 1930s and World War II that saw extensive combat service in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
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E.
USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
USS Minneapolis (CA-36) was a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive combat in the Pacific during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for her service.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS Quincy (CA-71) Target entity description: USS Quincy (CA-71) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served during World War II, including in the Pacific Theater.
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A.
USS Louisville (CA-28)
USS Louisville (CA-28) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.
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B.
USS Northampton (CA-26)
USS Northampton (CA-26) was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser of the Northampton class that served in the Pacific during World War II until she was lost in late 1942.
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C.
USS New Orleans (CA-32)
USS New Orleans (CA-32) was a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II, earning numerous battle stars for its service.
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D.
USS Wichita (CA-45)
USS Wichita (CA-45) was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser of the late 1930s and World War II that saw extensive combat service in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
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E.
USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
USS Minneapolis (CA-36) was a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive combat in the Pacific during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for her service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baltimore-class heavy cruiser
ⓘ
United States Navy cruiser ⓘ World War II warship ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns
ⓘ
20 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 9 × 8-inch/55 caliber guns ⓘ |
| battleHonors | World War II battle stars ⓘ |
| beam | 70 feet 10 inches ⓘ |
| builder |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Bethlehem Steel Company
|
| category |
Baltimore-class cruiser
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltimore-class cruisers
Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ World War II cruisers of the United States ⓘ |
| class |
Baltimore-class cruiser
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltimore class
|
| commissioned | 15 December 1943 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 1,200 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 2 July 1954 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 13,600 tons standard ⓘ |
| draft | 24 feet ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| homeport | various U.S. East Coast ports ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CA-71 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 9 October 1941 ⓘ |
| launched | 23 June 1943 ⓘ |
| length | 673 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Quincy, Massachusetts
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surface form:
city of Quincy, Massachusetts
|
| navalRegistry |
United States Naval Vessel Register
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surface form:
U.S. Naval Vessel Register
|
| notableEvent |
hosted President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945
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served as flagship for U.S. naval forces during Yalta Conference transit ⓘ site of 1945 meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Okinawa
ⓘ
Operation Dragoon ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of Southern France
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy landings
Operation Dragoon ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | World War II era ⓘ |
| shipType | heavy cruiser ⓘ |
| shipyard |
Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Fore River Shipyard
|
| sponsor | Mrs. Henry S. Morgan ⓘ |
| stricken | 1 October 1973 ⓘ |
| successorNameReuse | name Quincy reused from earlier cruisers ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Battle of the Atlantic
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surface form:
Atlantic Theater of World War II
Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
|
How these facts were elicited
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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 Quincy (CA-71) Description of subject: USS Quincy (CA-71) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served during World War II, including in the Pacific Theater.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Quincy (CA-39)