USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
E246098
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
United States Navy ship
aircraft carrier
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
supercarrier
warship
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Nimitz-class, among the largest warships in the world.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Nimitz | 2 |
| USS Nimitz (CVN-68) canonical | 2 |
| CVN-68 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2225826 — 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 Nimitz (CVN-68) Context triple: [Chester W. Nimitz, hasNamesake, USS Nimitz (CVN-68)]
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A.
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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B.
USS Enterprise
The USS Enterprise is the iconic starship of the Star Trek franchise, serving as the primary exploration vessel of Starfleet under the command of Captain James T. Kirk in various films and television series.
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C.
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is a class of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered supercarriers that has formed the backbone of American naval air power since the late 20th century.
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D.
USS Forrestal (CV-59)
USS Forrestal (CV-59) was the United States Navy’s first supercarrier, commissioned in 1955 and named in honor of the first U.S. Secretary of Defense, James V. Forrestal.
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E.
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.
- 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 Nimitz (CVN-68) Target entity description: USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Nimitz-class, among the largest warships in the world.
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A.
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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B.
USS Enterprise
The USS Enterprise is the iconic starship of the Star Trek franchise, serving as the primary exploration vessel of Starfleet under the command of Captain James T. Kirk in various films and television series.
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C.
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is a class of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered supercarriers that has formed the backbone of American naval air power since the late 20th century.
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D.
USS Forrestal (CV-59)
USS Forrestal (CV-59) was the United States Navy’s first supercarrier, commissioned in 1955 and named in honor of the first U.S. Secretary of Defense, James V. Forrestal.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ⓘ supercarrier ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried |
C-2A Greyhound
ⓘ
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye ⓘ
surface form:
E-2C Hawkeye
EA-18G Growler ⓘ F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ⓘ
surface form:
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk ⓘ
surface form:
MH-60 Seahawk
|
| airWingCapacity | around 60 aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
.50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns
ⓘ
surface form:
M2 Browning machine guns
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era) ⓘ
surface form:
Phalanx CIWS
RIM-162 ESSM ⓘ RIM-7 Sea Sparrow ⓘ
surface form:
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles
|
| beam | about 76.8 meters (flight deck) ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| callsign | Warship 68 ⓘ |
| classLeadShip |
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
surface form:
Nimitz class
|
| commissioned | 1975-05-03 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | over 5000 personnel including air wing ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 100000 long tons full load ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
film The Final Countdown
ⓘ
various documentaries about aircraft carriers ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Teamwork, a Tradition ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Old Salt ⓘ |
| homeport |
Bremerton
ⓘ
surface form:
Bremerton, Washington
Naval Base Kitsap ⓘ |
| hullNumber | 68 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1968-06-22 ⓘ |
| launched | 1972-05-13 ⓘ |
| length | about 333 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | over 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Pacific Fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Pacific Fleet
|
| pennantNumber |
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
CVN-68
|
| propulsion | nuclear-powered ⓘ |
| propulsionSystem |
2 Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
ⓘ
4 shafts ⓘ 4 steam turbines ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
surface form:
Nimitz class
|
| shipType | aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| shipyard | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Global War on Terrorism
ⓘ
surface form:
Global War on Terrorism operations
Operation Desert Storm ⓘ Operation Eagle Claw ⓘ Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ |
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 Nimitz (CVN-68) Description of subject: USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Nimitz-class, among the largest warships in the world.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chester W. Nimitz
this entity surface form:
USS Nimitz
this entity surface form:
CVN-68
this entity surface form:
USS Nimitz