USS Maryland (BB-46)
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USS Maryland (BB-46) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including surviving and continuing operations after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Maryland (BB-46) canonical | 8 |
| USS Maryland | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7012 — 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 Maryland (BB-46) Context triple: [attack on Pearl Harbor, battleshipsDamaged, USS Maryland (BB-46)]
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A.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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B.
USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
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C.
USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.
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D.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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E.
USS California (BB-44)
USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
- 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 Maryland (BB-46) Target entity description: USS Maryland (BB-46) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including surviving and continuing operations after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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A.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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B.
USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
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C.
USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.
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D.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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E.
USS California (BB-44)
USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and saw extensive action in World War II, including being sunk and later salvaged and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Colorado-class battleship
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United States Navy battleship ⓘ |
| armament | anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 8 × 16-inch/45 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| armorBelt | up to 13.5 in ⓘ |
| armorDeck | up to 3.5 in ⓘ |
| awarded | seven battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 97.3 ft ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| category | Dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| commissionedDate | 1921-07-21 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | approximately 1000 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedDate | 1947-04-03 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | about 33000 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 32500 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 30.5 ft ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-46 ⓘ |
| laidDownDate | 1917-04-24 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1920-03-20 ⓘ |
| length | 624 ft ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
| mooredAtPearlHarbor |
Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor
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surface form:
Battleship Row
|
| namedAfter |
Maryland
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surface form:
State of Maryland
|
| notableEvent |
survived Pearl Harbor and returned to service quickly
ⓘ
torpedoed by Japanese aircraft at Leyte Gulf ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
attack on Pearl Harbor
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surface form:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of Saipan ⓘ Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ Battle of Tarawa ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| prewarServiceArea |
Atlantic Fleet
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U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Fleet
|
| propulsion |
four propeller shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
fleet escort
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shore bombardment ⓘ |
| scrappedDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Colorado class ⓘ |
| statusDuringPearlHarbor | damaged but operational ⓘ |
| successorNameReuse | USS Maryland (SSBN-738) ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific War
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surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
|
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 Maryland (BB-46) Description of subject: USS Maryland (BB-46) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including surviving and continuing operations after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Colorado-class battleship
subject surface form:
USS West Virginia
this entity surface form:
USS Maryland
this entity surface form:
USS Maryland
subject surface form:
USS Maryland
subject surface form:
Colorado-class battleship
this entity surface form:
USS Maryland
this entity surface form:
USS Maryland