BB-64
E374482
BB-64 is the hull number of USS Wisconsin, an Iowa-class battleship that served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BB-64 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3627794 — 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-64 Context triple: [USS Wisconsin, hullNumber, BB-64]
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A.
BB-63
BB-63 is the hull number of USS Missouri, a famous Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II.
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B.
BB-36
BB-36 is the hull classification symbol for USS Nevada, a U.S. Navy battleship notable for its service during both World Wars and survival of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
BB-38
BB-38 is the hull number of USS Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during both World Wars.
- 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-64 Target entity description: BB-64 is the hull number of USS Wisconsin, an Iowa-class battleship that served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War.
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A.
BB-63
BB-63 is the hull number of USS Missouri, a famous Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II.
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B.
BB-36
BB-36 is the hull classification symbol for USS Nevada, a U.S. Navy battleship notable for its service during both World Wars and survival of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
BB-38
BB-38 is the hull number of USS Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during both World Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iowa-class battleship
ⓘ
United States Navy ship hull number ⓘ |
| armamentMainBattery | 9 × 16-inch/50 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondaryBattery | 20 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ |
| awardedDecoration |
Navy Unit Commendation
ⓘ
surface form:
Navy Unit Commendation for Gulf War service
battle stars for Korean War service ⓘ battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | about 108 feet ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Iowa-class battleship
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa-class battleships group of the U.S. Navy
|
| builder | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard ⓘ |
| callSign | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1944-04-16 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplementWorldWarII | about 2700 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn |
1948-07-01
ⓘ
1958-03-08 ⓘ 1991-09-30 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | about 58000 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | about 48000 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | about 37 feet ⓘ |
| follows | BB-63 ⓘ |
| homeportDuringColdWar | Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-64 self-link ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1941-01-25 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1943-12-07 ⓘ |
| length | about 887 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| modernizationArmament |
Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers
ⓘ
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era) ⓘ
surface form:
Phalanx CIWS
Tomahawk cruise missile ⓘ
surface form:
Tomahawk cruise missile launchers
|
| museumLocation | Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Wisconsin
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. state of Wisconsin
|
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOfClass | Iowa-class battleship ⓘ |
| precededBy | BB-63 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| recommissionedOn |
1951-03-03
ⓘ
1988-10-22 ⓘ |
| role |
flagship
ⓘ
naval gunfire support ⓘ surface warfare ⓘ |
| servedInConflict |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| shipName | USS Wisconsin ⓘ |
| status | museum ship ⓘ |
| succeededBy | BB-65 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Korean Peninsula
ⓘ
Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
Persian Gulf ⓘ |
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-64 Description of subject: BB-64 is the hull number of USS Wisconsin, an Iowa-class battleship that served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.