USS Lexington (CV-16)
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USS Lexington (CV-16) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater of World War II and later as a training carrier.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Lexington (CV-16) canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1293578 — 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 Lexington (CV-16) Context triple: [Battle of the Philippine Sea, aircraftCarrierInvolved, USS Lexington (CV-16)]
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A.
USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS Hornet (CV-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California.
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B.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.
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C.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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D.
USS Lexington (CV-2)
USS Lexington (CV-2) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the early World War II era that played a major role in Pacific operations before being lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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E.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
- 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 Lexington (CV-16) Target entity description: USS Lexington (CV-16) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater of World War II and later as a training carrier.
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A.
USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS Hornet (CV-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California.
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B.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.
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C.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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D.
USS Lexington (CV-2)
USS Lexington (CV-2) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the early World War II era that played a major role in Pacific operations before being lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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E.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Essex-class aircraft carrier
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United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ World War II warship ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | approximately 90–100 aircraft (WWII) ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
ⓘ
40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ |
| awarded |
Navy Unit Commendation
ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ
surface form:
Presidential Unit Citation
|
| battleHonors | 11 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 93 feet ⓘ |
| builder |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Bethlehem Steel Company
|
| builtAt | Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| callSign | Navy call sign LEXINGTON ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1943-02-17 ⓘ |
| convertedTo | angled-deck carrier ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1947-04-23 ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 27,100 long tons standard
ⓘ
approximately 36,380 long tons full load ⓘ |
| finalDecommissioning | 1991-11-08 ⓘ |
| flightDeckBeam | 147 feet ⓘ |
| homeport | Pensacola, Florida (as training carrier) ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-16 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1941-07-15 ⓘ |
| launched | 1942-09-23 ⓘ |
| length | 872 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| museumLocation |
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
| namedAfter |
Battles of Lexington and Concord
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Lexington
Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| nickname | The Blue Ghost ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of the Philippine Sea
ⓘ
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Leyte Gulf operations ⓘ attacks on Truk ⓘ |
| openToPublicSince | 1992 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Essex class ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Lexington (CV-2) ⓘ |
| primaryPostwarUse | training carrier for naval aviators ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
8 boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| recommissioned | 1955-08-15 ⓘ |
| role |
fleet carrier
ⓘ
training carrier ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson ⓘ |
| status | museum ship ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Theater of Operations
ⓘ
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 Lexington (CV-16) Description of subject: USS Lexington (CV-16) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater of World War II and later as a training carrier.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Essex-class aircraft carrier
subject surface form:
Essex-class aircraft carrier