USS Wilmington (CL-79)
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USS Wilmington (CL-79) was a planned Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy whose construction was canceled and whose hull was later converted into the light aircraft carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Wilmington (CL-79) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7179264 — 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: USS Wilmington (CL-79) Context triple: [USS Cabot (CVL-28), laidDownAs, USS Wilmington (CL-79)]
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A.
USS Fargo (CL-85)
USS Fargo (CL-85) was a planned United States Navy light cruiser whose name and hull number were reassigned before completion, leading to the vessel ultimately entering service as the light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27).
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B.
USS Wainwright (DD-419)
USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently during World War II, earning distinction for its convoy escort, anti-submarine, and combat operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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C.
USS Juneau (CL-52)
USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy in World War II, best known for its tragic sinking during the Guadalcanal campaign with the loss of most of the Sullivan brothers.
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D.
USS Juneau (CL-119)
USS Juneau (CL-119) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the immediate post–World War II era and during the early Cold War, including action in the Korean War.
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E.
USS Chicago (CA-136)
USS Chicago (CA-136) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served during the final months of World War II and in the early Cold War era.
- 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: USS Wilmington (CL-79) Target entity description: USS Wilmington (CL-79) was a planned Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy whose construction was canceled and whose hull was later converted into the light aircraft carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28).
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A.
USS Fargo (CL-85)
USS Fargo (CL-85) was a planned United States Navy light cruiser whose name and hull number were reassigned before completion, leading to the vessel ultimately entering service as the light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27).
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B.
USS Wainwright (DD-419)
USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently during World War II, earning distinction for its convoy escort, anti-submarine, and combat operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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C.
USS Juneau (CL-52)
USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy in World War II, best known for its tragic sinking during the Guadalcanal campaign with the loss of most of the Sullivan brothers.
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D.
USS Juneau (CL-119)
USS Juneau (CL-119) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the immediate post–World War II era and during the early Cold War, including action in the Korean War.
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E.
USS Chicago (CA-136)
USS Chicago (CA-136) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served during the final months of World War II and in the early Cold War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cleveland-class light cruiser
ⓘ
Independence-class aircraft carrier ⓘ planned warship ⓘ |
| category |
Canceled ships of the United States Navy
ⓘ
Cleveland-class cruisers of the United States Navy ⓘ
linked to:
Cleveland-class cruiser
|
| constructionStatus | canceled ⓘ |
| conversionResult | USS Cabot (CVL-28) ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | USS Wilmington (CL-79) ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| hasSuccessorShip | USS Cabot (CVL-28) ⓘ |
| hullConvertedInto | USS Cabot (CVL-28) ⓘ |
| hullNumber |
CL-79
ⓘ
CVL-28 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Wilmington, North Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
Wilmington
|
| navalFleet | United States Navy ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Navy
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cleveland-class cruisers
ⓘ
linked to:
Cleveland-class cruiser
|
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass | Cleveland-class cruiser ⓘ |
| shipRolePlanned | light cruiser ⓘ |
| shipType |
light aircraft carrier
ⓘ
light cruiser ⓘ |
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: USS Wilmington (CL-79) Description of subject: USS Wilmington (CL-79) was a planned Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy whose construction was canceled and whose hull was later converted into the light aircraft carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28).
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
USS Wilmington (CL-79)