Captain Charles B. McVay III
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Captain Charles B. McVay III was a U.S. Navy officer best known for commanding the USS Indianapolis during its 1945 sinking and for the controversial court-martial that followed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain Charles B. McVay III canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11713678 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Charles B. McVay III Context triple: [USS Indianapolis, commandingOfficerAtSinking, Captain Charles B. McVay III]
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A.
Max Mullen
Max Mullen is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the grocery delivery company Instacart.
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B.
Frank T. Siebert Jr.
Frank T. Siebert Jr. was an American linguist and anthropologist best known for his extensive documentation and preservation of the Penobscot language and other Eastern Algonquian languages.
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C.
John McVay
John McVay was an American football coach and executive best known for his tenure with the New York Giants and later his key front-office role in building the San Francisco 49ers’ 1980s dynasty.
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D.
Captain Charles J. Johnston
Captain Charles J. Johnston was a 19th-century sea captain best known for charting and bringing to wider attention the remote Pacific outpost now known as Johnston Atoll.
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E.
Tom Flores
Tom Flores is a former American football coach and quarterback best known for leading the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders to two Super Bowl victories and becoming one of the first Latino head coaches to win an NFL championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Charles B. McVay III Target entity description: Captain Charles B. McVay III was a U.S. Navy officer best known for commanding the USS Indianapolis during its 1945 sinking and for the controversial court-martial that followed.
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A.
Max Mullen
Max Mullen is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the grocery delivery company Instacart.
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B.
Frank T. Siebert Jr.
Frank T. Siebert Jr. was an American linguist and anthropologist best known for his extensive documentation and preservation of the Penobscot language and other Eastern Algonquian languages.
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C.
John McVay
John McVay was an American football coach and executive best known for his tenure with the New York Giants and later his key front-office role in building the San Francisco 49ers’ 1980s dynasty.
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D.
Captain Charles J. Johnston
Captain Charles J. Johnston was a 19th-century sea captain best known for charting and bringing to wider attention the remote Pacific outpost now known as Johnston Atoll.
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E.
Tom Flores
Tom Flores is a former American football coach and quarterback best known for leading the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders to two Super Bowl victories and becoming one of the first Latino head coaches to win an NFL championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy officer
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Defense Service Medal
NERFINISHED
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy and Marine Corps Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ World War II Victory Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide by firearm ⓘ |
| charge |
failure to order abandon ship promptly
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hazarding his ship by failing to zigzag ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-07-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1968-11-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Naval Academy ⓘ |
| familyName | McVay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father |
Charles B. McVay Jr.
NERFINISHED
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Charles B. McVay, Jr., admiral in the U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasCause | court-martial following sinking of USS Indianapolis ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
military officer
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naval officer ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | III ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| notableEvent | sinking of USS Indianapolis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being court-martialed for loss of USS Indianapolis
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being the only U.S. Navy ship captain court-martialed for losing a ship in combat in World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of USS Indianapolis ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Battle of Iwo Jima
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Okinawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines campaign (1944–1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ephrata, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Litchfield, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | commanding officer of USS Indianapolis ⓘ |
| posthumousEvent | exoneration by act of U.S. Congress in 2000 ⓘ |
| posthumouslyHonoredBy |
President Bill Clinton
NERFINISHED
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United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1949 ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | Unknown (U.S. Navy officer service number not widely published) ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1919 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| shipCommanded | USS Indianapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | U.S. congressional exoneration efforts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Captain Charles B. McVay III Description of subject: Captain Charles B. McVay III was a U.S. Navy officer best known for commanding the USS Indianapolis during its 1945 sinking and for the controversial court-martial that followed.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Indianapolis