USS Arizona (BB-39)
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USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class U.S. Navy battleship whose catastrophic destruction and loss of life during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor made it one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’ entry into World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Arizona (BB-39) canonical | 7 |
| USS Arizona | 4 |
| sinking of USS Arizona | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7005 — 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.
Target entity: USS Arizona (BB-39) Context triple: [attack on Pearl Harbor, shipsSunkOrTotalLoss, USS Arizona (BB-39)]
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A.
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a pivotal 1942 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater where the United States decisively defeated Japan’s carrier fleet, marking a major turning point in World War II.
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B.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the maritime service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for naval warfare, power projection, and maintaining freedom of navigation across the world’s oceans.
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C.
attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was the surprise Japanese military strike on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, that led to the United States’ entry into World War II.
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D.
Douglas
Douglas is a masculine given name of Scottish origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Battle of Guadalcanal
The Battle of Guadalcanal was a major World War II campaign in the Pacific where Allied forces fought to halt Japanese expansion and secure strategic control of the Solomon Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: USS Arizona (BB-39) Target entity description: USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class U.S. Navy battleship whose catastrophic destruction and loss of life during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor made it one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’ entry into World War II.
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A.
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a pivotal 1942 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater where the United States decisively defeated Japan’s carrier fleet, marking a major turning point in World War II.
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B.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the maritime service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for naval warfare, power projection, and maintaining freedom of navigation across the world’s oceans.
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C.
attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was the surprise Japanese military strike on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, that led to the United States’ entry into World War II.
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D.
Douglas
Douglas is a masculine given name of Scottish origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Battle of Guadalcanal
The Battle of Guadalcanal was a major World War II campaign in the Pacific where Allied forces fought to halt Japanese expansion and secure strategic control of the Solomon Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pennsylvania-class battleship
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United States Navy ship ⓘ battleship ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 14-inch/45 caliber guns
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22 × 5-inch/51 caliber guns (as built) ⓘ anti-aircraft guns (later refits) ⓘ |
| assignedTo | U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
Japanese carrier-based aircraft ⓘ |
| builder |
Port of New York and New Jersey
ⓘ
surface form:
New York Navy Yard
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| causeOfSinking | Japanese aerial attack ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1916-10-17 ⓘ |
| constructionCost | approximately $16 million (1910s dollars) ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewKilled |
1,177 (commonly cited figure)
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over 1,170 ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1941-12-07 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1941-12-29 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 31,400 long tons (standard) ⓘ |
| fate | sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| homePort | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (late 1930s–1941) ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-39 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1914-03-16 ⓘ |
| launched | 1915-06-19 ⓘ |
| length | 608 feet ⓘ |
| locationOfWreck | Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| memorializedBy | USS Arizona Memorial ⓘ |
| memorialLocation |
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
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surface form:
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Hawaii
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| namedAfter | U.S. state of Arizona ⓘ |
| notableEvent | catastrophic magazine explosion during Pearl Harbor attack ⓘ |
| oilLeakNickname | Black tears of the Arizona ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | BB-39 ⓘ |
| placeOfSinking |
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
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surface form:
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
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| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| refit | modernization in 1929–1931 ⓘ |
| registry | United States Naval Vessel Register (stricken after sinking) ⓘ |
| serviceConflict | interwar period U.S. fleet operations ⓘ |
| serviceEntryConflict | World War I era ⓘ |
| shipClass |
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
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surface form:
Pennsylvania class
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| sisterShip | USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) ⓘ |
| sponsor | Esther Ross ⓘ |
| status |
sunken wreck
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war grave ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
attack on Pearl Harbor
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surface form:
United States entry into World War II
sacrifice of U.S. service members at Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| visitedBy | millions of visitors annually (via USS Arizona Memorial) ⓘ |
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Subject: USS Arizona (BB-39) Description of subject: USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class U.S. Navy battleship whose catastrophic destruction and loss of life during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor made it one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’ entry into World War II.
Referenced by (12)
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