USS Wisconsin

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Iowa-class battleship United States Navy warship battleship

USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-class U.S. Navy battleship that served in World War II and later conflicts, known for its heavy firepower and long operational history.

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Label	Occurrences
USS Wisconsin (BB-64)	11
USS Wisconsin canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T603345 — 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 Wisconsin
Context triple: [USS Missouri, sisterShip, USS Wisconsin]

A. USS Iowa
USS Iowa was the lead ship of the Iowa-class fast battleships of the United States Navy, renowned for its World War II service and later Cold War deployments.
B. USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
C. USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
D. USS South Dakota (BB-57)
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship that served prominently in the Pacific Theater, earning numerous battle stars for its combat service.
E. USS New Jersey
USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class United States Navy battleship that saw extensive service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and is now preserved as a museum ship.
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 Wisconsin
Target entity description: USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-class U.S. Navy battleship that served in World War II and later conflicts, known for its heavy firepower and long operational history.

A. USS Iowa
USS Iowa was the lead ship of the Iowa-class fast battleships of the United States Navy, renowned for its World War II service and later Cold War deployments.
B. USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
C. USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
D. USS South Dakota (BB-57)
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship that served prominently in the Pacific Theater, earning numerous battle stars for its combat service.
E. USS New Jersey
USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class United States Navy battleship that saw extensive service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and is now preserved as a museum ship.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iowa-class battleship ⓘ United States Navy warship ⓘ battleship ⓘ
armament	UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles ⓘ surface form: Harpoon anti-ship missiles (after modernization) Phalanx CIWS (modernization era) ⓘ surface form: Phalanx CIWS (after modernization) Tomahawk cruise missiles (after modernization) ⓘ nine 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns ⓘ twenty 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns ⓘ various anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
awards	Battle stars for Korean War ⓘ Battle stars for World War II ⓘ Combat Action Ribbon (Gulf War era) ⓘ surface form: Combat Action Ribbon Navy Unit Commendation ⓘ
beam	about 108 feet ⓘ
builder	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard ⓘ
callSign	November Bravo Sierra Echo ⓘ
category	Cold War battleship ⓘ World War II battleship ⓘ
class	Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
commissionedOn	1944-04-16 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement	around 1,600 after Cold War modernization ⓘ around 1,900 in World War II ⓘ
decommissionedOn	1948-07-01 ⓘ 1958-03-08 ⓘ 1991-09-30 ⓘ
displacement	about 45,000 long tons standard ⓘ about 57,000 long tons full load ⓘ
draft	about 37 feet ⓘ
homeportDuringService	various U.S. Navy bases in the Pacific ⓘ
hullNumber	BB-64 ⓘ
laidDownOn	1941-01-25 ⓘ
launchedOn	1943-12-07 ⓘ
length	about 887 feet ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 33 knots ⓘ
modernizationProgram	600-ship Navy program ⓘ
modernizedDuring	1980s ⓘ
museumLocation	Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter	Wisconsin ⓘ surface form: U.S. state of Wisconsin
notableFor	heavy naval gunfire support ⓘ long operational history ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
preservedAs	historic naval ship ⓘ
propulsion	four propeller shafts ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
recommissionedOn	1951-03-03 ⓘ 1988-10-22 ⓘ
servedInConflict	Korean War ⓘ Operation Desert Storm ⓘ World War II ⓘ
sisterShip	USS Iowa ⓘ USS Missouri ⓘ USS New Jersey ⓘ
status	museum ship ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Korean Peninsula waters ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II Persian Gulf ⓘ
visitorAccess	open to the public as a museum ⓘ

How these facts were elicited