USS Coral Sea
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USS Coral Sea was a U.S. Navy Midway-class aircraft carrier that served prominently during the Cold War, including in major operations such as the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Coral Sea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7242587 — 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 Coral Sea Context triple: [Operation Eagle Claw, launchPlatform, USS Coral Sea]
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A.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
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B.
USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.
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C.
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.
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D.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
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E.
USS Ranger
USS Ranger was a prominent sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, best known for its daring Atlantic operations under Captain John Paul Jones.
- 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 Coral Sea Target entity description: USS Coral Sea was a U.S. Navy Midway-class aircraft carrier that served prominently during the Cold War, including in major operations such as the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt.
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A.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
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B.
USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.
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C.
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.
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D.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
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E.
USS Ranger
USS Ranger was a prominent sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, best known for its daring Atlantic operations under Captain John Paul Jones.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Midway-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| airWing |
Carrier Air Wing 14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carrier Air Wing 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awards |
Battle Efficiency Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meritorious Unit Commendation NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Unit Commendation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | about 113 feet at waterline ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Midway class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1947-10-01 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Cold War naval operations
ⓘ
Korean War era operations ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | over 4000 personnel ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1990-04-26 ⓘ |
| displacement |
about 45000 tons standard
ⓘ
over 60000 tons full load ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| flightDeckType | angled flight deck ⓘ |
| homeport |
Naval Air Station Alameda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber |
CV-43
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CVA-43 NERFINISHED ⓘ CVB-43 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1944-07-10 ⓘ |
| launched | 1947-04-02 ⓘ |
| length | about 968 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Navy | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Ageless Warrior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAircraftOperated |
A-6 Intruder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A-7 Corsair II NERFINISHED ⓘ F-4 Phantom II NERFINISHED ⓘ F/A-18 Hornet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operation |
Operation Eagle Claw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Frequent Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| primaryTheater |
Mediterranean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
conventional steam turbines
ⓘ
oil-fired boilers ⓘ |
| roleInOperation Eagle Claw | provided air cover and support for the 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt ⓘ |
| scrapped | 1993 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | post–World War II ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
USS Midway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | scrapped ⓘ |
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 Coral Sea Description of subject: USS Coral Sea was a U.S. Navy Midway-class aircraft carrier that served prominently during the Cold War, including in major operations such as the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.