BB-62
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BB-62 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship that served as one of the most decorated warships in United States Navy history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BB-62 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3599142 — 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: BB-62 Context triple: [USS New Jersey, hullNumber, BB-62]
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A.
BB-63
BB-63 is the hull number of USS Missouri, a famous Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II.
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B.
BB-61
BB-61 is the hull classification symbol of USS Iowa, the lead ship of the Iowa-class fast battleships that served prominently in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Cold War.
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C.
BB-36
BB-36 is the hull classification symbol for USS Nevada, a U.S. Navy battleship notable for its service during both World Wars and survival of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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D.
BB-64
BB-64 is the hull number of USS Wisconsin, an Iowa-class battleship that served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War.
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E.
BB-39
BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
- 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: BB-62 Target entity description: BB-62 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship that served as one of the most decorated warships in United States Navy history.
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A.
BB-63
BB-63 is the hull number of USS Missouri, a famous Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II.
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B.
BB-61
BB-61 is the hull classification symbol of USS Iowa, the lead ship of the Iowa-class fast battleships that served prominently in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Cold War.
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C.
BB-36
BB-36 is the hull classification symbol for USS Nevada, a U.S. Navy battleship notable for its service during both World Wars and survival of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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D.
BB-64
BB-64 is the hull number of USS Wisconsin, an Iowa-class battleship that served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War.
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E.
BB-39
BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iowa-class battleship
ⓘ
United States Navy warship ⓘ battleship ⓘ museum ship ⓘ |
| armedWith |
nine 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns
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twenty 5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ |
| builtAt | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1943-05-23 ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Camden
ⓘ
surface form:
Camden, New Jersey
|
| decommissionedOn |
1948-06-30
ⓘ
1957-08-21 ⓘ 1969-12-17 ⓘ 1991-02-08 ⓘ |
| equippedWith |
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era)
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surface form:
Phalanx CIWS
|
| hasBattleStars |
Korean War battle stars
ⓘ
Vietnam War battle stars ⓘ World War II battle stars ⓘ |
| hasBeam |
108.2 feet
ⓘ
33 meters ⓘ |
| hasBuilder | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard ⓘ |
| hasClass |
Iowa-class battleship
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa class
|
| hasCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasCrewComplement |
approximately 1,900 in World War II
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over 1,500 after 1980s modernization ⓘ |
| hasFullLoadDisplacement | about 57,000 long tons ⓘ |
| hasHullClassificationSymbol | BB-62 ⓘ |
| hasLength |
270.4 meters
ⓘ
887 feet ⓘ |
| hasMastType | tower foremast ⓘ |
| hasMaximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| hasName | USS New Jersey ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
heavy armor protection
ⓘ
long-range naval gunfire capability ⓘ modern missile armament after 1980s refit ⓘ |
| hasPennantNumber | BB-62 self-link ⓘ |
| hasPropulsion |
four propeller shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| hasSisterShip |
USS Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
USS Iowa (BB-61)
USS Missouri ⓘ
surface form:
USS Missouri (BB-63)
USS Wisconsin ⓘ
surface form:
USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
|
| hasStandardDisplacement | about 45,000 long tons ⓘ |
| homeportedAt | various U.S. Navy bases during service ⓘ |
| isOneOf | most decorated battleships in U.S. Navy history ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1940-09-16 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1942-12-07 ⓘ |
| modernizedWith |
UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles
ⓘ
surface form:
Harpoon anti-ship missiles
Tomahawk cruise missile ⓘ
surface form:
Tomahawk cruise missiles
|
| namedAfter |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. state of New Jersey
|
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operatedAs | museum ship in Camden, New Jersey ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| preservedBy | Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey ⓘ |
| recommissionedOn |
1950-11-21
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1968-04-06 ⓘ 1982-12-28 ⓘ |
| servedInConflict |
Cold War
ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
surface form:
Lebanon conflict (1983–1984)
Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
1983–1984 Lebanon operations
ⓘ
Korean War naval operations ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
Vietnam War naval gunfire support ⓘ |
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: BB-62 Description of subject: BB-62 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship that served as one of the most decorated warships in United States Navy history.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.