USS Ranger (CV-61)
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USS Ranger (CV-61) was a U.S. Navy supercarrier that served from the late 1950s through the early 1990s, participating in Cold War operations and the Vietnam War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Ranger (CV-61) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9842907 — 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 Ranger (CV-61) Context triple: [Forrestal class, hasMember, USS Ranger (CV-61)]
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A.
USS Saratoga (CV-60)
USS Saratoga (CV-60) was a U.S. Navy supercarrier that served during the Cold War and participated in major operations including the Vietnam War and the Gulf War.
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B.
USS Randolph (CVS-15)
USS Randolph (CVS-15) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that notably served as the primary recovery ship for John Glenn’s historic Mercury-Atlas 6 orbital spaceflight.
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C.
USS Independence (CV-62)
USS Independence (CV-62) was a Forrestal-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served from the late 1950s through the Cold War and into the 1990s, participating in major operations including the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm.
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D.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.
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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 Ranger (CV-61) Target entity description: USS Ranger (CV-61) was a U.S. Navy supercarrier that served from the late 1950s through the early 1990s, participating in Cold War operations and the Vietnam War.
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A.
USS Saratoga (CV-60)
USS Saratoga (CV-60) was a U.S. Navy supercarrier that served during the Cold War and participated in major operations including the Vietnam War and the Gulf War.
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B.
USS Randolph (CVS-15)
USS Randolph (CVS-15) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that notably served as the primary recovery ship for John Glenn’s historic Mercury-Atlas 6 orbital spaceflight.
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C.
USS Independence (CV-62)
USS Independence (CV-62) was a Forrestal-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served from the late 1950s through the Cold War and into the 1990s, participating in major operations including the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm.
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D.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.
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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 (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft carrier
ⓘ
supercarrier ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried |
fixed-wing aircraft
ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ |
| armament |
anti-aircraft guns (early career)
ⓘ
surface-to-air missiles (various over career) ⓘ |
| awards |
Meritorious Unit Commendations
ⓘ
linked to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Navy Unit Commendations ⓘ
linked to:
Navy Unit Commendation
multiple battle stars for Vietnam War service ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| commissioned | 10 August 1957 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Cold War
ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 4,000–5,000 personnel (air wing and ship's company) ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 10 July 1993 ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 60,000 tons standard
ⓘ
over 80,000 tons full load ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrapping ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
film Flight of the Intruder
ⓘ
linked to:
Flight of the Intruder
film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ⓘ
linked to:
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
film Top Gun (as a filming platform) ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS Independence (CV-62) ⓘ |
| homeport |
Naval Air Station North Island
ⓘ
Naval Station Alameda ⓘ
linked to:
Naval Base San Francisco
|
| hullNumber | CV-61 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 2 August 1954 ⓘ |
| launched | 29 September 1956 ⓘ |
| length | about 1,039 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | over 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Ranger
ⓘ
earlier U.S. Navy ships named Ranger ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
Operation Desert Storm air operations
ⓘ
Operation Eagle Pull support (Cambodia evacuation context) ⓘ Yankee Station operations off Vietnam ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Saratoga (CV-60) ⓘ |
| propulsion |
conventional steam turbines
ⓘ
oil-fired boilers ⓘ |
| role |
aircraft launch and recovery platform
ⓘ
power projection ⓘ sea control ⓘ |
| scrappedAt |
Brownsville, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Brownsville
|
| scrappingPeriod | 2015–2017 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Forrestal class ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mrs. Arthur W. Radford ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| theater |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ Persian Gulf ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Ranger (CV-61) Description of subject: USS Ranger (CV-61) was a U.S. Navy supercarrier that served from the late 1950s through the early 1990s, participating in Cold War operations and the Vietnam War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.