USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
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Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
aircraft carrier
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
supercarrier
warship
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s newest class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, featuring advanced technologies designed to increase sortie rates, reduce crew size, and enhance overall combat effectiveness.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) canonical | 5 |
| USS Gerald R. Ford | 2 |
| CVN-78 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7821172 — 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 Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Context triple: [Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, hasUnit, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)]
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A.
USS George Washington (CVN-73)
USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that has served as a key component of the U.S. carrier strike force since the early 1990s.
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B.
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after the 41st U.S. president and former naval aviator George H. W. Bush.
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C.
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Nimitz-class, among the largest warships in the world.
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Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are the U.S. Navy’s latest generation of nuclear-powered supercarriers, featuring advanced technologies to increase sortie rates, reduce crew size, and enhance combat capabilities compared to earlier Nimitz-class ships.
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E.
York class
The York class was a British Royal Navy class of heavy cruisers built under interwar naval treaties, known for their service in World War II.
- 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 Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Target entity description: USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s newest class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, featuring advanced technologies designed to increase sortie rates, reduce crew size, and enhance overall combat effectiveness.
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A.
USS George Washington (CVN-73)
USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that has served as a key component of the U.S. carrier strike force since the early 1990s.
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B.
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after the 41st U.S. president and former naval aviator George H. W. Bush.
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C.
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Nimitz-class, among the largest warships in the world.
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D.
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are the U.S. Navy’s latest generation of nuclear-powered supercarriers, featuring advanced technologies to increase sortie rates, reduce crew size, and enhance combat capabilities compared to earlier Nimitz-class ships.
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E.
York class
The York class was a British Royal Navy class of heavy cruisers built under interwar naval treaties, known for their service in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
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aircraft carrier ⓘ nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ⓘ supercarrier ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| abbreviation | EMALS ⓘ |
| aircraftCapacity | more than 75 aircraft (typical air wing) ⓘ |
| airWingPersonnel | approximately 2500 ⓘ |
| armament |
.50 caliber machine guns
ⓘ
Phalanx CIWS ⓘ
linked to:
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era)
RIM-116 RAM ⓘ RIM-162 ESSM ⓘ |
| beam | about 78 meters (flight deck) ⓘ |
| builder |
Huntington Ingalls Industries
ⓘ
linked to:
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| christened | 2013-11-09 ⓘ |
| classRole | lead ship of the Gerald R. Ford class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 2017-07-22 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement |
approximately 2600 ship’s company (excluding air wing)
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reduced crew compared to Nimitz-class ⓘ |
| designFeature |
Advanced Arresting Gear
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Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System ⓘ advanced weapons elevators ⓘ dual band radar ⓘ improved flight deck layout ⓘ redesigned island structure ⓘ |
| designGoal |
enhanced combat effectiveness
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increased sortie generation rate ⓘ reduced manning requirements ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 100000 long tons full load ⓘ |
| fleet |
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Fleet
|
| homeport |
Naval Station Norfolk
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Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ |
| hullNumber | 78 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 2009-11-13 ⓘ |
| launched | 2013-11-09 ⓘ |
| length | about 337 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | over 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Gerald R. Ford
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linked to:
Gerald Ford
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| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber |
CVN-78
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linked to:
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
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| powerPlant | nuclear-powered ⓘ |
| precededByClass | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 A1B nuclear reactors
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4 shafts ⓘ |
| role |
deterrence
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power projection ⓘ sea control ⓘ |
| shipClass | Gerald R. Ford class ⓘ |
| shipyard |
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
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linked to:
Newport News Shipbuilding
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| sponsor | Susan Ford Bales ⓘ |
| status | active service ⓘ |
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 Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Description of subject: USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s newest class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, featuring advanced technologies designed to increase sortie rates, reduce crew size, and enhance overall combat effectiveness.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
subject linked to:
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
linked to: USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
linked to: USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
linked to: USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)