USS New Jersey

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Iowa-class battleship United States Navy warship museum ship

USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class United States Navy battleship that saw extensive service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and is now preserved as a museum ship.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
USS New Jersey (BB-62)	7
USS New Jersey canonical	5
USS New Jersey (BB-62) commissioned in 1943	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T603344 — 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 New Jersey
Context triple: [USS Missouri, sisterShip, USS New Jersey]

A. USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
B. USS Iowa
USS Iowa was the lead ship of the Iowa-class fast battleships of the United States Navy, renowned for its World War II service and later Cold War deployments.
C. USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
D. USS South Dakota (BB-57)
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship that served prominently in the Pacific Theater, earning numerous battle stars for its combat service.
E. USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
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 New Jersey
Target entity description: USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class United States Navy battleship that saw extensive service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and is now preserved as a museum ship.

A. USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
B. USS Iowa
USS Iowa was the lead ship of the Iowa-class fast battleships of the United States Navy, renowned for its World War II service and later Cold War deployments.
C. USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
D. USS South Dakota (BB-57)
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy fast battleship that served prominently in the Pacific Theater, earning numerous battle stars for its combat service.
E. USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iowa-class battleship ⓘ United States Navy warship ⓘ museum ship ⓘ
armament	Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles ⓘ surface form: Harpoon anti-ship missiles Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons ⓘ Phalanx CIWS (modernization era) ⓘ surface form: Phalanx CIWS Tomahawk cruise missile ⓘ surface form: Tomahawk cruise missiles nine 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns ⓘ twenty 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns ⓘ
awarded	Navy Unit Commendation ⓘ Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ surface form: Presidential Unit Citation multiple battle stars for Korean War ⓘ multiple battle stars for Vietnam War ⓘ multiple battle stars for World War II ⓘ
beam	108 feet ⓘ
builder	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard ⓘ
commissioned	1943-05-23 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
decommissioned	1948-06-30 ⓘ 1957-08-21 ⓘ 1969-12-17 ⓘ 1991-02-08 ⓘ
displacement	about 58000 long tons full load ⓘ
hullNumber	BB-62 ⓘ
laidDown	1940-09-16 ⓘ
launched	1942-12-07 ⓘ
length	887 feet ⓘ
location	Camden ⓘ surface form: Camden, New Jersey
maximumSpeed	about 33 knots ⓘ
museumOperator	Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial ⓘ surface form: Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey
namedAfter	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: U.S. state of New Jersey
notableFeature	most decorated battleship in U.S. Navy history ⓘ
openedAsMuseum	2001 ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Iowa-class battleship ⓘ surface form: Iowa-class battleship group
propulsion	four propeller shafts ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
recommissioned	1950-11-21 ⓘ 1968-04-06 ⓘ 1982-12-28 ⓘ
sawActionIn	Korean War ⓘ Lebanese Civil War ⓘ surface form: Lebanon conflict 1983–1984 Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
shipClass	Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
sisterShip	USS Iowa ⓘ USS Missouri ⓘ USS Wisconsin ⓘ
status	museum ship ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: Eastern Mediterranean Sea Korean Peninsula ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USS Missouri → sisterShip → USS New Jersey ⓘ

New Jersey, United States → stateShip → USS New Jersey ⓘ

subject surface form: New Jersey