USS California (BB-44)
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USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS California (BB-44) canonical | 6 |
| USS California | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7009 — 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 California (BB-44) Context triple: [attack on Pearl Harbor, battleshipsDamaged, USS California (BB-44)]
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A.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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B.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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C.
USS Arizona (BB-39)
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class U.S. Navy battleship whose catastrophic destruction and loss of life during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor made it one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’ entry into World War II.
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D.
USS Utah (AG-16)
USS Utah (AG-16) was a former U.S. battleship converted to a target and training ship that was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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E.
Sōryū
Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during 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 California (BB-44) Target entity description: USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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A.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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B.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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C.
USS Arizona (BB-39)
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class U.S. Navy battleship whose catastrophic destruction and loss of life during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor made it one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’ entry into World War II.
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D.
USS Utah (AG-16)
USS Utah (AG-16) was a former U.S. battleship converted to a target and training ship that was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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E.
Sōryū
Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tennessee-class battleship
ⓘ
United States Navy warship ⓘ battleship ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 12 × 14-inch/50 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 14 × 5-inch/51 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armorBelt | 8–13.5 inches ⓘ |
| armorDeck | 3.5 inches ⓘ |
| armorTurrets | 18 inches ⓘ |
| attackedIn |
attack on Pearl Harbor
ⓘ
surface form:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
|
| battleHonors | 7 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 97.5 ft ⓘ |
| builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard ⓘ |
| category |
Ships present during the attack on Pearl Harbor
ⓘ
Tennessee-class battleships of the United States Navy ⓘ World War II battleships of the United States ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | Japanese aerial torpedoes and bombs ⓘ |
| class | Tennessee class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1921-08-10 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 1080 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| dateSunk | 1941-12-07 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1947-02-14 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 33700 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 32500 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 30 ft ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| flagshipPeriod | 1921–1941 ⓘ |
| fleetFlagshipOf |
U.S. Pacific Fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Pacific Fleet
|
| homeportPreWWII |
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Harbor
|
| laidDown | 1916-10-25 ⓘ |
| launched | 1919-11-20 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 624 ft ⓘ |
| locationSunk |
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
|
| maximumSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
| modernized | 1942–1944 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
State of California
|
| notableFeature | first American battleship built with turbo-electric drive ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
ⓘ
Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ Invasion of Guam ⓘ Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
Battle of Saipan ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of Saipan
Invasion of Tinian ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | BB-44 ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 28000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
electric drive
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | 8000 nautical miles at 10 knots ⓘ |
| recommissioned | 1944-01-31 ⓘ |
| refloated | 1942-03-25 ⓘ |
| salvaged | yes ⓘ |
| servedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| sisterShip | USS Tennessee (BB-43) ⓘ |
| soldForScrap | 1959-07-10 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Barbara Stephens ⓘ |
| stationedAt |
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Harbor
|
| stricken | 1959-03-01 ⓘ |
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 California (BB-44) Description of subject: USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USS California