USS Constellation (CV-64)
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USS Constellation (CV-64) was a U.S. Navy supercarrier that served extensively during the Cold War and Vietnam War as part of the Kitty Hawk-class of aircraft carriers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Constellation (CV-64) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10583730 — 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 Constellation (CV-64) Context triple: [Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, includesShip, USS Constellation (CV-64)]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Constellation (CV-64) Target entity description: USS Constellation (CV-64) was a U.S. Navy supercarrier that served extensively during the Cold War and Vietnam War as part of the Kitty Hawk-class of aircraft carriers.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft carrier
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supercarrier ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried |
fixed-wing aircraft
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helicopters ⓘ |
| airWing | Carrier Air Wing 9 (various deployments) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armament |
Phalanx CIWS (various periods)
NERFINISHED
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RIM-7 Sea Sparrow launchers (various periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
Battle Efficiency Award
NERFINISHED
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Meritorious Unit Commendation NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Unit Commendation NERFINISHED ⓘ Presidential Unit Citation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder | New York Naval Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1961-10-27 ⓘ |
| conflictParticipated |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Enduring Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Southern Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 5,000 personnel ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 2003-08-07 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 81,000 tons (full load) ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| homeport |
Naval Air Station North Island
NERFINISHED
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San Diego, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-64 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1957-09-14 ⓘ |
| launched | 1960-10-08 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 1047 ft ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | over 30 knots ⓘ |
| motto | Spirit of the Old, Pride of the New NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Constellation (nickname of the United States flag) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Connie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
conducted multiple combat deployments to the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War
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last deployment included combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2002–2003 ⓘ participated in air operations during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 ⓘ suffered major fire during construction in 1960 at New York Naval Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennant | NATO code CV-64 ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | CV-64 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededInClassBy | USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
conventional steam turbines
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oil-fired boilers ⓘ |
| scrappingCompleted | 2017-05 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Kitty Hawk class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorInClass | USS America (CV-66) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Constellation (CV-64) Description of subject: USS Constellation (CV-64) was a U.S. Navy supercarrier that served extensively during the Cold War and Vietnam War as part of the Kitty Hawk-class of aircraft carriers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.