USS Coral Sea (CV-43)
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USS Coral Sea (CV-43) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served extensively during the Cold War, including in the Vietnam War, as part of the Midway-class of large post–World War II carriers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Coral Sea (CV-43) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9843003 — 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 (CV-43) Context triple: [Midway-class aircraft carrier, shipInClass, USS Coral Sea (CV-43)]
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A.
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina.
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B.
USS Ranger (CV-61)
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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C.
USS Lexington (CV-16)
USS Lexington (CV-16) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater of World War II and later as a training carrier.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 (CV-43) Target entity description: USS Coral Sea (CV-43) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served extensively during the Cold War, including in the Vietnam War, as part of the Midway-class of large post–World War II carriers.
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A.
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina.
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B.
USS Ranger (CV-61)
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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C.
USS Lexington (CV-16)
USS Lexington (CV-16) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater of World War II and later as a training carrier.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Midway-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| airWingCarried |
Carrier Air Wing 14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carrier Air Wing 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armament | carrier-based aircraft ⓘ |
| awarded |
Battle Efficiency Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Navy Unit Commendation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1947-10-01 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Korean War
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | around 4500 ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1990-04-26 ⓘ |
| displacement |
about 45000 tons standard
ⓘ
about 63000 tons full load ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| feature |
angled flight deck
ⓘ
hurricane bow ⓘ steam catapults ⓘ |
| homeport |
Naval Air Station Alameda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naval Station Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-43 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1944-07-10 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1947-04-02 ⓘ |
| length | about 295 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| modernization | SCB-110A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Ageless Warrior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAircraftOperated |
A-4 Skyhawk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A-6 Intruder NERFINISHED ⓘ F-4 Phantom II NERFINISHED ⓘ F/A-18 Hornet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Midway class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Newport News, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| reclassifiedAs |
CV-43
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CVA-43 NERFINISHED ⓘ CVB-43 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | 1993 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | post–World War II ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
USS Midway (CV-41) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | scrapped ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Operation Frequent Wind
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. operations in the Gulf of Sidra ⓘ |
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 (CV-43) Description of subject: USS Coral Sea (CV-43) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served extensively during the Cold War, including in the Vietnam War, as part of the Midway-class of large post–World War II carriers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.