USS New Mexico (BB-40)
E177772
USS New Mexico (BB-40) was the lead ship of her class of U.S. Navy battleships that served prominently during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS New Mexico (BB-40) canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1380361 — 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 New Mexico (BB-40) Context triple: [New Mexico class, hasMember, USS New Mexico (BB-40)]
-
A.
USS South Dakota (BB-57)
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship that served prominently in the Pacific Theater, earning numerous battle stars for its combat service.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
USS Washington (BB-56)
USS Washington (BB-56) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship renowned for its decisive nighttime surface combat performance in the Pacific Theater.
-
E.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
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.
- 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 New Mexico (BB-40) Target entity description: USS New Mexico (BB-40) was the lead ship of her class of U.S. Navy battleships that served prominently during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
-
A.
USS South Dakota (BB-57)
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship that served prominently in the Pacific Theater, earning numerous battle stars for its combat service.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
USS Washington (BB-56)
USS Washington (BB-56) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship renowned for its decisive nighttime surface combat performance in the Pacific Theater.
-
E.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Mexico-class battleship
ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ battleship ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 12 × 14-inch/50 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| armorBelt | up to 13.5 inches ⓘ |
| awards | multiple battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 97 feet ⓘ |
| builder |
New York Naval Shipyard
ⓘ
surface form:
New York Navy Yard
|
| commissionedOn | 1918-05-20 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | approximately 1,000 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1946-07-19 ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 32,000 long tons ⓘ |
| distinction | lead ship of the New Mexico-class battleships ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Battleship Division 4 at various times ⓘ |
| followedBy | Tennessee-class battleship ⓘ |
| homePort | Pacific Fleet bases including Pearl Harbor and West Coast ports ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-40 ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1915-10-14 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1917-04-13 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 624 feet ⓘ |
| modernized | extensively modernized between the world wars ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
New Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. state of New Mexico
|
| notableEvent |
damaged by kamikaze attack off Okinawa in May 1945
ⓘ
damaged by kamikaze attacks off Luzon in January 1945 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | BB-40 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Pennsylvania-class battleship ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
anti-aircraft defense
ⓘ
shore bombardment ⓘ |
| scrappedAt |
Newark
ⓘ
surface form:
Newark, New Jersey
|
| servedInConflict |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | World War I era ⓘ |
| shipClass | New Mexico class ⓘ |
| soldForScrapOn | 1947-11-09 ⓘ |
| strickenOn | 1947-02-25 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Theater of Operations
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
|
| tookPartIn |
Aleutian Islands campaign
ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Battle of Luzon ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of Luzon
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form:
Okinawa campaign
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
|
| topSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
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 New Mexico (BB-40) Description of subject: USS New Mexico (BB-40) was the lead ship of her class of U.S. Navy battleships that served prominently during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Tennessee (BB-43)