USS Florida (BB-30)
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USS Florida (BB-30) was a United States Navy dreadnought battleship that served in the early 20th century, including World War I, as the lead ship of its class.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Florida | 1 |
| USS Florida (BB-30) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5709799 — 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 Florida (BB-30) Context triple: [Florida-class battleship, hasPart, USS Florida (BB-30)]
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A.
USS Washington (BB-47)
USS Washington (BB-47) was an American Colorado-class battleship whose construction was halted and hull scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before it could be completed or commissioned.
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B.
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.
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C.
USS Texas (BB-35)
USS Texas (BB-35) is a historic U.S. Navy battleship famed for serving in both World War I and World War II and now preserved as a museum ship.
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D.
USS New York (BB-34)
USS New York (BB-34) was a United States Navy battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, participating in major Atlantic and Pacific operations before being used as a target in atomic bomb tests.
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E.
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.
- 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 Florida (BB-30) Target entity description: USS Florida (BB-30) was a United States Navy dreadnought battleship that served in the early 20th century, including World War I, as the lead ship of its class.
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A.
USS Washington (BB-47)
USS Washington (BB-47) was an American Colorado-class battleship whose construction was halted and hull scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before it could be completed or commissioned.
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B.
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.
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C.
USS Texas (BB-35)
USS Texas (BB-35) is a historic U.S. Navy battleship famed for serving in both World War I and World War II and now preserved as a museum ship.
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D.
USS New York (BB-34)
USS New York (BB-34) was a United States Navy battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, participating in major Atlantic and Pacific operations before being used as a target in atomic bomb tests.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Florida-class battleship
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United States Navy ship ⓘ dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 10 × 12-inch/45 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 16 × 5-inch/51 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedoTubes | 2 × 21-inch torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armorBelt | 11 inches ⓘ |
| armorConningTower | 11.5 inches ⓘ |
| armorTurrets | 12 inches ⓘ |
| assignedTo | Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | 88.3 ft ⓘ |
| builder | New York Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Florida class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1911-09-15 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | 1001 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1931-02-16 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 23000 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 21000 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 28.5 ft ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-30 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1909-03-09 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1910-05-12 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 521.6 ft ⓘ |
| locationOfConstruction | Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 20.75 knots ⓘ |
| modernization | underwent major refit in the 1920s ⓘ |
| namedAfter | State of Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalArchitecture | all-big-gun dreadnought design ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
participated in convoy escort duty in World War I
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served with 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | 30 ⓘ |
| postwarActivity |
fleet exercises
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training cruises ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 28000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
steam turbines
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twin screw propellers ⓘ |
| range | 5760 nmi at 10 knots ⓘ |
| roleInWorldWarI | service with British Grand Fleet ⓘ |
| scrappedUnder | London Naval Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedInConflict | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType | battleship ⓘ |
| sisterShip | USS Utah (BB-31) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | Elizabeth Fleming Bryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strickenOn | 1931-04-06 ⓘ |
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 Florida (BB-30) Description of subject: USS Florida (BB-30) was a United States Navy dreadnought battleship that served in the early 20th century, including World War I, as the lead ship of its class.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USS Florida