USS Independence
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USS Independence was a U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier of the Independence class that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Independence canonical | 3 |
| USS Independence used in Operation Crossroads atomic tests | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11407987 — 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 Independence Context triple: [Battle of Cape Engaño, aircraftCarrierInvolved, USS Independence]
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USS Eagle
USS Eagle was an American warship that played a significant role in the U.S. naval victory over the British during the War of 1812’s Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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B.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
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C.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that notably served as a recovery ship for several NASA missions, including Apollo 17.
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D.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was an American naval vessel that served on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812, playing a key role in securing U.S. victory against the British.
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E.
USS Reliant
The USS Reliant is a Miranda-class Federation starship best known as the vessel commandeered by Khan Noonien Singh in the film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
- 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 Independence Target entity description: USS Independence was a U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier of the Independence class that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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A.
USS Eagle
USS Eagle was an American warship that played a significant role in the U.S. naval victory over the British during the War of 1812’s Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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B.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
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C.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that notably served as a recovery ship for several NASA missions, including Apollo 17.
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D.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was an American naval vessel that served on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812, playing a key role in securing U.S. victory against the British.
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E.
USS Reliant
The USS Reliant is a Miranda-class Federation starship best known as the vessel commandeered by Khan Noonien Singh in the film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Independence-class aircraft carrier
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United States Navy ship ⓘ light aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | approximately 30 aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
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40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 5-inch guns ⓘ carrier-based aircraft ⓘ |
| awards | battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| builtAt | Camden, New Jersey ⓘ |
| class | Independence class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1943 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | Cleveland-class light cruiser hull ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1946 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 11,000 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as target ⓘ |
| finalDecommissioning | 1954 ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CVL-22 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1941 ⓘ |
| laidDownAs | light cruiser ⓘ |
| launched | 1942 ⓘ |
| length | about 622 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | over 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Independence of the United States ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one of the first U.S. light carriers converted from cruiser hulls ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 38/58) operations
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Operation Crossroads ⓘ |
| postwarUse | target ship for nuclear tests ⓘ |
| previousHullNumber | CL-59 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| recommissioned | 1951 ⓘ |
| role |
air support for amphibious landings
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fast carrier task force operations ⓘ |
| sawActionIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Gilbert Islands campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
Okinawa campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Okinawa
Pacific Ocean ⓘ Philippines campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945)
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| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| sunk | 1951 ⓘ |
| sunkLocation | off the coast of California ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ |
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 Independence Description of subject: USS Independence was a U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier of the Independence class that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Independence-class aircraft carrier
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notableEvent
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USS Independence used in Operation Crossroads atomic tests
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subject linked to:
Independence-class aircraft carriers
linked to: USS Independence