Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
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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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nimitz-class aircraft carrier canonical | 5 |
| Nimitz class | 4 |
| Nimitz-class aircraft carriers | 2 |
| USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) | 2 |
| USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T385947 — 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: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Context triple: [Chester W. Nimitz, hasPartNamedAfter, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier]
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A.
Hiryū-class aircraft carrier
The Hiryū-class aircraft carrier was a class of Imperial Japanese Navy fleet carriers of World War II, exemplified by the carrier Hiryū, known for its role in early Pacific War operations including the Battle of Midway.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
USS Ranger
USS Ranger was a prominent sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, best known for its daring Atlantic operations under Captain John Paul Jones.
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E.
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.
- 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: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Target entity description: 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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A.
Hiryū-class aircraft carrier
The Hiryū-class aircraft carrier was a class of Imperial Japanese Navy fleet carriers of World War II, exemplified by the carrier Hiryū, known for its role in early Pacific War operations including the Battle of Midway.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
USS Ranger
USS Ranger was a prominent sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, best known for its daring Atlantic operations under Captain John Paul Jones.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft carrier class
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nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ⓘ supercarrier ⓘ |
| aircraftCapacity | about 60 to 90 aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftLaunchSystem | steam catapult ⓘ |
| aircraftRecoverySystem | arresting wires ⓘ |
| armament |
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era)
ⓘ
surface form:
Phalanx CIWS
RIM-116 RAM ⓘ RIM-7 Sea Sparrow ⓘ
surface form:
RIM-162 ESSM
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow ⓘ |
| backboneOf | U.S. naval air power in late 20th century ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement |
about 2480 air wing personnel
ⓘ
about 3200 ship crew ⓘ |
| designedBy | United States Navy Bureau of Ships ⓘ |
| designedFor |
blue-water operations
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deterrence ⓘ power projection ⓘ sea control ⓘ |
| firstShip | USS Nimitz (CVN-68) ⓘ |
| hasFlightDeckType | angled flight deck ⓘ |
| hasIslandSuperstructure | starboard side ⓘ |
| hullClassificationSymbol | CVN ⓘ |
| lastShip | USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | over 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ |
| nuclearPowered | true ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| powerPlant |
four steam turbines
ⓘ
two A4W nuclear reactors ⓘ |
| precededBy | Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
air superiority
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humanitarian assistance ⓘ maritime security ⓘ strike warfare ⓘ |
| propulsion |
nuclear reactor
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | flagship of carrier strike group ⓘ |
| sailNumber | 10 ships built ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1975 ⓘ |
| shipBeam | about 77 meters (flight deck) ⓘ |
| shipDisplacement | about 100000 tons full load ⓘ |
| shipDraft | about 11.3 meters ⓘ |
| shipLength | about 333 meters ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
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surface form:
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
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| usedIn |
Cold War
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Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
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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: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
this entity surface form:
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
this entity surface form:
Nimitz-class aircraft carriers
this entity surface form:
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
subject surface form:
Chester W. Nimitz
subject surface form:
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
subject surface form:
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
subject surface form:
Newport News Shipbuilding
this entity surface form:
Nimitz-class aircraft carriers
this entity surface form:
Nimitz class
this entity surface form:
Nimitz class
this entity surface form:
Nimitz class
this entity surface form:
Nimitz class