USS Savannah (CL-42)
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USS Savannah (CL-42) was a U.S. Navy light cruiser of World War II that saw extensive combat service, including during the invasions of North Africa and Italy, before being heavily damaged by a German guided bomb in 1943.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Savannah (CL-42) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9521445 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: USS Savannah (CL-42) Context triple: [Brooklyn-class cruiser, ship, USS Savannah (CL-42)]
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USS Helena (CL-50)
USS Helena (CL-50) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw heavy action in the Pacific during World War II, earning distinction for its role in several major engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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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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USS New Haven (CL-76)
USS New Haven (CL-76) was the original light cruiser designation for the vessel that was reordered and completed as the Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) during World War II.
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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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USS Wilmington (CL-79)
USS Wilmington (CL-79) was a planned Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy whose construction was canceled and whose hull was later converted into the light aircraft carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS Savannah (CL-42) Target entity description: USS Savannah (CL-42) was a U.S. Navy light cruiser of World War II that saw extensive combat service, including during the invasions of North Africa and Italy, before being heavily damaged by a German guided bomb in 1943.
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A.
USS Helena (CL-50)
USS Helena (CL-50) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw heavy action in the Pacific during World War II, earning distinction for its role in several major engagements before being sunk in 1943.
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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 New Haven (CL-76)
USS New Haven (CL-76) was the original light cruiser designation for the vessel that was reordered and completed as the Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) during 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 Wilmington (CL-79)
USS Wilmington (CL-79) was a planned Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy whose construction was canceled and whose hull was later converted into the light aircraft carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brooklyn-class light cruiser
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United States Navy warship ⓘ World War II cruiser ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | floatplanes ⓘ |
| armament |
15 × 6-inch/47 caliber guns
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5-inch dual-purpose guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| battleHonors | three battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | about 61 feet 9 inches ⓘ |
| builder |
Camden, New Jersey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York Shipbuilding Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | dozens of crew killed in 1943 bombing ⓘ |
| category | Brooklyn-class cruisers of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| commissioned | 10 March 1938 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| damagedBy | German Fritz X guided bomb ⓘ |
| dateOfDamage | 11 September 1943 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 3 February 1947 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 9,700 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS Nashville (CL-43) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeport | various U.S. East Coast ports ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CL-42 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 31 May 1934 ⓘ |
| launched | 8 May 1937 ⓘ |
| length | about 608 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 32.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Savannah, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Allied invasion of North Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Allied invasion of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ Allied landings at Salerno ⓘ Operation Husky NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Torch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | CL-42 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDamage | off Salerno, Italy ⓘ |
| postwarActivity | training and exercises ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Phoenix (CL-46) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| repairedAt | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnedToService | late 1944 ⓘ |
| role |
convoy escort
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naval gunfire support ⓘ |
| shipClass | Brooklyn class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType | light cruiser ⓘ |
| soldForScrap | 25 January 1960 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Miss Jayne Maye Bowden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stricken | 1 March 1959 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Savannah (CL-42) Description of subject: USS Savannah (CL-42) was a U.S. Navy light cruiser of World War II that saw extensive combat service, including during the invasions of North Africa and Italy, before being heavily damaged by a German guided bomb in 1943.
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