USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
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USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in both World Wars, particularly in the Pacific Theater.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) canonical | 6 |
| USS Pennsylvania | 4 |
| Pennsylvania class | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7013 — 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: USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Context triple: [attack on Pearl Harbor, battleshipsDamaged, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)]
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A.
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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B.
USS Maryland (BB-46)
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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C.
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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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 Pennsylvania (BB-38) Target entity description: USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in both World Wars, particularly in the Pacific Theater.
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A.
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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B.
USS Maryland (BB-46)
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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C.
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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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 (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pennsylvania-class battleship
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United States Navy warship ⓘ battleship ⓘ |
| armament | anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentPrimary | 12 × 14-inch/45 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| armorBelt | 13.5 in ⓘ |
| armorDeck | 3 in ⓘ |
| armorTurrets | 18 in ⓘ |
| beam |
29.6 m
ⓘ
97 ft ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| category | Dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| class |
Pennsylvania-class battleship
ⓘ
surface form:
Pennsylvania class
|
| commissioned | 1916-06-12 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 900 ⓘ |
| crewComplementWartime | over 1,300 ⓘ |
| damagedIn |
attack on Pearl Harbor
ⓘ
surface form:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
|
| dateHitByTorpedo | 1945-08-12 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1946-08-29 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 33200 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 31400 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 29 ft ⓘ |
| era |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
World War I era
World War II era ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as target ⓘ |
| flagshipOf |
Atlantic Fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Atlantic Fleet
|
| hitBy | Japanese torpedo at Okinawa ⓘ |
| homeport |
Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII)
ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Harbor
|
| hullNumber | BB-38 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1913-10-27 ⓘ |
| launched | 1915-03-16 ⓘ |
| length |
185 m
ⓘ
608 ft ⓘ |
| locationDuringAttackOnPearlHarbor | dry dock at Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Aleutian Islands campaign
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Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of Okinawa
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of the Philippines (1944–1945)
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 31500 shp ⓘ |
| presentAtEvent |
attack on Pearl Harbor
ⓘ
surface form:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
|
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | 8000 nmi at 12 knots ⓘ |
| receivedBattleStars | 8 ⓘ |
| serviceDuring |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| sisterShip | USS Arizona (BB-39) ⓘ |
| sponsor | Elizabeth Kolb ⓘ |
| sunkAsTargetDate | 1948-02-10 ⓘ |
| sunkAsTargetLocation | off Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific War
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surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
|
| usedFor | postwar atomic weapons tests preparation ⓘ |
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 Pennsylvania (BB-38) Description of subject: USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in both World Wars, particularly in the Pacific Theater.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pennsylvania class
this entity surface form:
USS Pennsylvania
this entity surface form:
USS Pennsylvania
this entity surface form:
USS Pennsylvania