California Shipbuilding Corporation
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California Shipbuilding Corporation was a major World War II-era American shipyard in Los Angeles that mass-produced Liberty and Victory ships for the U.S. war effort.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Shipbuilding Corporation canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9562871 — 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.
Target entity: California Shipbuilding Corporation Context triple: [Victory ship, builtAt, California Shipbuilding Corporation]
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Kaiser Richmond Shipyards
Kaiser Richmond Shipyards were a major World War II shipbuilding complex in Richmond, California, renowned for their mass-production of Liberty and Victory ships and pioneering labor and industrial practices.
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Marinship shipyards
Marinship shipyards was a major World War II-era shipbuilding facility in Sausalito, California, known for rapidly producing Liberty ships and tankers for the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine.
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Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company was a major American shipyard in Kearny, New Jersey, that built numerous naval vessels, particularly destroyers, for the U.S. Navy during the early to mid-20th century.
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Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships including numerous modern destroyers and amphibious assault ships.
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E.
American Ship Building Company
American Ship Building Company was a prominent U.S. shipbuilding firm best known for constructing Great Lakes freighters and other commercial vessels during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: California Shipbuilding Corporation Target entity description: California Shipbuilding Corporation was a major World War II-era American shipyard in Los Angeles that mass-produced Liberty and Victory ships for the U.S. war effort.
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A.
Kaiser Richmond Shipyards
Kaiser Richmond Shipyards were a major World War II shipbuilding complex in Richmond, California, renowned for their mass-production of Liberty and Victory ships and pioneering labor and industrial practices.
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B.
Marinship shipyards
Marinship shipyards was a major World War II-era shipbuilding facility in Sausalito, California, known for rapidly producing Liberty ships and tankers for the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine.
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C.
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company was a major American shipyard in Kearny, New Jersey, that built numerous naval vessels, particularly destroyers, for the U.S. Navy during the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships including numerous modern destroyers and amphibious assault ships.
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E.
American Ship Building Company
American Ship Building Company was a prominent U.S. shipbuilding firm best known for constructing Great Lakes freighters and other commercial vessels during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II shipyard
ⓘ
shipbuilding company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | CalShip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor |
United States Army
NERFINISHED
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United States Maritime Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtForAgency | War Shipping Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtShipType |
cargo ship
ⓘ
tanker ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| ceasedOperationsInPeriod | mid 1940s ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Allied logistics in World War II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. merchant marine expansion ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employed | tens of thousands of workers ⓘ |
| employedGroup |
migrant workers from other U.S. states
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women shipyard workers ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| hadFacilityType | prefabrication shipyard ⓘ |
| industry | shipbuilding ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ Los Angeles Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Terminal Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale wartime production
ⓘ
rapid ship construction ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Kaiser Company, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. wartime shipbuilding program ⓘ |
| partOfProgram | Emergency Shipbuilding Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakActivityPeriod |
1942
ⓘ
1943 ⓘ 1944 ⓘ |
| product |
Liberty ships
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victory ships ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure | end of World War II shipbuilding demand ⓘ |
| specialization | mass production of cargo ships ⓘ |
| startConstructionYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| strategicRole | West Coast ship production center ⓘ |
| supportedBranch |
United States Army
NERFINISHED
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United States Merchant Marine NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedOperation |
Atlantic convoys via Liberty ships
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Pacific Theater logistics ⓘ |
| usedConstructionMethod |
modular construction
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welded hull construction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: California Shipbuilding Corporation Description of subject: California Shipbuilding Corporation was a major World War II-era American shipyard in Los Angeles that mass-produced Liberty and Victory ships for the U.S. war effort.
Referenced by (2)
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