USS Fargo (CL-85)
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USS Fargo (CL-85) was a planned United States Navy light cruiser whose name and hull number were reassigned before completion, leading to the vessel ultimately entering service as the light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Fargo (CL-85) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7128409 — 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 Fargo (CL-85) Context triple: [USS Langley (CVL-27), previousName, USS Fargo (CL-85)]
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A.
USS Juneau (CL-119)
USS Juneau (CL-119) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the immediate post–World War II era and during the early Cold War, including action in the Korean War.
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B.
USS Juneau (CL-52)
USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy in World War II, best known for its tragic sinking during the Guadalcanal campaign with the loss of most of the Sullivan brothers.
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C.
USS Helena (CL-113)
USS Helena (CL-113) was a planned United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser whose construction was canceled before completion near the end of World War II.
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D.
USS Honolulu (CL-48)
USS Honolulu (CL-48) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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E.
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Oliver Hazard Perry–class guided-missile frigates, serving primarily in anti-submarine and escort roles during the late 20th century.
- 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 Fargo (CL-85) Target entity description: USS Fargo (CL-85) was a planned United States Navy light cruiser whose name and hull number were reassigned before completion, leading to the vessel ultimately entering service as the light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27).
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A.
USS Juneau (CL-119)
USS Juneau (CL-119) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the immediate post–World War II era and during the early Cold War, including action in the Korean War.
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B.
USS Juneau (CL-52)
USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy in World War II, best known for its tragic sinking during the Guadalcanal campaign with the loss of most of the Sullivan brothers.
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C.
USS Helena (CL-113)
USS Helena (CL-113) was a planned United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser whose construction was canceled before completion near the end of World War II.
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D.
USS Honolulu (CL-48)
USS Honolulu (CL-48) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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E.
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Oliver Hazard Perry–class guided-missile frigates, serving primarily in anti-submarine and escort roles during the late 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy light cruiser
ⓘ
light aircraft carrier ⓘ light cruiser ⓘ planned naval ship ⓘ |
| associatedCarrier | USS Langley (CVL-27) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designConvertedTo | USS Langley (CVL-27) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| finalCommissionedAs | USS Langley (CVL-27) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalRoleAfterConversion | light aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| hullNumber |
CL-85
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CVL-27 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumberReassignedTo | USS Fargo (CL-106) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedRole | light cruiser ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Fargo, North Dakota
NERFINISHED
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Fargo, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInheritedFrom | USS Fargo (CL-85) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameReassignedTo | USS Fargo (CL-106) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalProgram | World War II era US cruiser program ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | conversion of planned cruiser USS Fargo (CL-85) ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
United States Navy
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United States Navy ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipClassPlanned | Cleveland-class light cruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType |
light aircraft carrier
ⓘ
light cruiser ⓘ light cruiser ⓘ |
| status |
converted during construction to an aircraft carrier
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never completed as a cruiser ⓘ |
| successorName | USS Fargo (CL-106) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Fargo (CL-85) Description of subject: USS Fargo (CL-85) was a planned United States Navy light cruiser whose name and hull number were reassigned before completion, leading to the vessel ultimately entering service as the light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.