USS Lexington (CV-2)
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Lexington (CV-2) canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T351817 — 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-2) Context triple: [Battle of the Coral Sea, aircraftCarrierInvolved, USS Lexington (CV-2)]
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A.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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B.
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.
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C.
USS Hornet (CV-8)
USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
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D.
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
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E.
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.
- 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-2) Target entity description: 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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A.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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B.
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.
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C.
USS Hornet (CV-8)
USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
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D.
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lexington-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | approximately 70–90 aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch anti-aircraft guns
ⓘ
8 × 8-inch guns (early configuration) ⓘ light anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| awards | 2 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 106 feet at waterline ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1927-12-14 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| conversionFrom | battlecruiser hull ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 2,000 officers and men ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1942-06-24 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 36,000 long tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in battle ⓘ |
| foundWreck | 2018-03-04 ⓘ |
| homePort |
Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII)
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surface form:
Pearl Harbor
|
| hullNumber | CV-2 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1921-01-08 ⓘ |
| laidDownAt |
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| launched | 1925-10-03 ⓘ |
| launchedBy |
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Fore River Shipyard
|
| length | approximately 888 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| namesake |
Battles of Lexington and Concord
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Lexington
Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| nickname | Lady Lex ⓘ |
| notableEvent | suffered catastrophic explosions after air attacks at Coral Sea ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| originalDesignation | CC-1 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
electric drive
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
flagship in some operations
ⓘ
fleet carrier ⓘ |
| scuttledBy | U.S. destroyers ⓘ |
| shipClass | Lexington class ⓘ |
| sponsor | Theodore Douglas Robinson ⓘ |
| sunkIn |
Battle of Coral Sea
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surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
|
| sunkInLocation | Coral Sea ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 1942-05-08 ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific War
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surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
|
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Coral Sea
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surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
New Guinea campaign ⓘ
surface form:
New Guinea operations 1942
early 1942 Pacific carrier raids ⓘ |
| treaty |
Five-Power Treaty
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surface form:
Washington Naval Treaty
|
| wreckDepth | about 3,000 meters ⓘ |
| wreckLocatedBy | expedition funded by Paul Allen ⓘ |
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-2) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
subject surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
subject surface form:
CV-2
subject surface form:
Hiryū
subject surface form:
Lexington-class aircraft carrier