CVL-27
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CVL-27 is the hull number of USS Langley, an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| CVL-27 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7128408 — 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: CVL-27 Context triple: [USS Langley (CVL-27), hullNumber, CVL-27]
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A.
CV-12
CV-12 is the hull number of USS Hornet, a famed U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that saw extensive service in World War II and later conflicts.
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B.
CV-18
CV-18 is the hull classification and pennant number of USS Wasp, an Essex-class aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II and the Cold War.
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C.
CVA-9
CVA-9 was the postwar attack aircraft carrier designation for USS Essex (CV-9), a World War II-era Essex-class carrier that later served in the Korean War and beyond.
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D.
USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73)
USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a U.S. Navy Casablanca-class escort carrier famed for her outgunned but heroic stand against a superior Japanese force during the Battle off Samar in World War II, where she became the only American aircraft carrier sunk by naval gunfire.
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E.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
- 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: CVL-27 Target entity description: CVL-27 is the hull number of USS Langley, an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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A.
CV-12
CV-12 is the hull number of USS Hornet, a famed U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that saw extensive service in World War II and later conflicts.
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B.
CV-18
CV-18 is the hull classification and pennant number of USS Wasp, an Essex-class aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II and the Cold War.
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C.
CVA-9
CVA-9 was the postwar attack aircraft carrier designation for USS Essex (CV-9), a World War II-era Essex-class carrier that later served in the Korean War and beyond.
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D.
USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73)
USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a U.S. Navy Casablanca-class escort carrier famed for her outgunned but heroic stand against a superior Japanese force during the Battle off Samar in World War II, where she became the only American aircraft carrier sunk by naval gunfire.
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E.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Independence-class light aircraft carrier
ⓘ
United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ hull number ⓘ |
| airGroup |
carrier-based fighter aircraft
ⓘ
carrier-based torpedo bombers ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
ⓘ
40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| awarded | 9 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 71 feet 6 inches ⓘ |
| builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Independence-class aircraft carriers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ships built in Camden, New Jersey ⓘ World War II aircraft carriers of the United States ⓘ |
| class | Independence class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedOn |
1943-08-31
ⓘ
1951-06-02 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn |
1947-02-11
ⓘ
1963-03-20 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 11,000 tons standard ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS Cabot (CVL-28) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CVL-27 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| identifies | USS Langley (CVL-27) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1942-04-11 ⓘ |
| laterTransferredTo | French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1943-05-22 ⓘ |
| length | 622 feet 6 inches ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 31.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Samuel Pierpont Langley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | Samuel Pierpont Langley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| newNameAfterTransfer | La Fayette (R96) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
French Navy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Leyte Gulf operations
ⓘ
Philippine Sea operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portOfRegistry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Cowpens (CVL-25) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | 1964 ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipType | light aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: CVL-27 Description of subject: CVL-27 is the hull number of USS Langley, an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.