Beaumont Reserve Fleet
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The Beaumont Reserve Fleet is a major U.S. government anchorage in Texas where inactive merchant and military support ships are laid up for potential future national defense and emergency use.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beaumont Reserve Fleet canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1416255 — 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: Beaumont Reserve Fleet Context triple: [National Defense Reserve Fleet, location, Beaumont Reserve Fleet]
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A.
James River Reserve Fleet
The James River Reserve Fleet is a U.S. government anchorage in Virginia where decommissioned and reserve merchant and military ships are laid up for potential future national defense or emergency use.
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B.
Dry Dock No. 2
Dry Dock No. 2 is a historic early-19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and maritime engineering.
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C.
Dry Dock No. 3
Dry Dock No. 3 is a historic 19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and repair.
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D.
Dry Dock No. 1
Dry Dock No. 1 is a historic 19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable as one of the oldest surviving naval dry docks in the United States.
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E.
Dry Dock No. 4
Dry Dock No. 4 is a historic early-20th-century naval dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City, notable for its role in the construction and repair of U.S. Navy vessels.
- 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: Beaumont Reserve Fleet Target entity description: The Beaumont Reserve Fleet is a major U.S. government anchorage in Texas where inactive merchant and military support ships are laid up for potential future national defense and emergency use.
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A.
James River Reserve Fleet
The James River Reserve Fleet is a U.S. government anchorage in Virginia where decommissioned and reserve merchant and military ships are laid up for potential future national defense or emergency use.
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B.
Dry Dock No. 2
Dry Dock No. 2 is a historic early-19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and maritime engineering.
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C.
Dry Dock No. 3
Dry Dock No. 3 is a historic 19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and repair.
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D.
Dry Dock No. 1
Dry Dock No. 1 is a historic 19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable as one of the oldest surviving naval dry docks in the United States.
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E.
Dry Dock No. 4
Dry Dock No. 4 is a historic early-20th-century naval dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City, notable for its role in the construction and repair of U.S. Navy vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Defense Reserve Fleet site
ⓘ
maritime infrastructure ⓘ mothball fleet ⓘ |
| category |
Ports and harbors of Texas
ⓘ
Ship graveyards ⓘ United States merchant marine ⓘ
surface form:
United States Merchant Marine
|
| coordinateSystem | geographic coordinates ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| environmentalRegulation |
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| hasCapacity | dozens of laid-up vessels ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
maintenance of inactive vessels
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storage of reserve sealift capacity ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | federal facility ⓘ |
| hasNearbyInfrastructure |
Port of Beaumont
ⓘ
highway connections in Jefferson County, Texas ⓘ rail connections in Beaumont, Texas ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Ready Reserve Force ships
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cargo ships ⓘ roll-on/roll-off ships ⓘ tanker ships ⓘ |
| inception | 1951 ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Jefferson County, Texas
ⓘ
Texas ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody | Neches River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | near Beaumont, Texas ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Maritime Administration
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Maritime Administration
|
| nearbyCity | Beaumont, Texas ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Department of Transportation
ⓘ
Maritime Administration ⓘ
surface form:
United States Maritime Administration
|
| ownedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Defense Reserve Fleet
ⓘ
National Defense Reserve Fleet ⓘ
surface form:
United States strategic sealift infrastructure
|
| purpose |
emergency sealift support
ⓘ
national defense support ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
support for Operation Desert Shield
ⓘ
support for Operation Desert Storm ⓘ support for Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ support for Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ support for hurricane relief operations in the Gulf Coast region ⓘ |
| serviceEntryForRole | Korean War-era reserve fleet expansion ⓘ |
| subjectToJurisdiction |
Texas
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surface form:
State of Texas
federal law of the United States ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | United States Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| use |
lay-up of inactive merchant ships
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lay-up of inactive military support ships ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beaumont Reserve Fleet Description of subject: The Beaumont Reserve Fleet is a major U.S. government anchorage in Texas where inactive merchant and military support ships are laid up for potential future national defense and emergency use.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.