USS Yorktown
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USS Yorktown was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles, most notably the Battle of Midway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Yorktown canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10788790 — 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 Yorktown Context triple: [CV-2, attackedByAircraftFrom, USS Yorktown]
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A.
USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.
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B.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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C.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a United States Navy aircraft carrier that served prominently during the mid-20th century, supporting both combat operations and space mission recoveries.
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D.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
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E.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
- 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 Yorktown Target entity description: USS Yorktown was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles, most notably the Battle of Midway.
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A.
USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.
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B.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a United States Navy aircraft carrier that served prominently during the mid-20th century, supporting both combat operations and space mission recoveries.
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C.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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D.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
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E.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
ⓘ
Yorktown-class aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | about 80–90 aircraft ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Yorktown (CV-5) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackedBy | Japanese carrier aircraft at Midway ⓘ |
| awarded |
Presidential Unit Citation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
multiple battle stars ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Newport News, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | battle damage and torpedoing ⓘ |
| class | Yorktown class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1937-09-30 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 2,000 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| damagedIn | Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displacement | about 19,800 tons standard ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in action ⓘ |
| followedBy | Essex-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundBy | Robert Ballard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hitBy |
aerial bombs at Midway
ⓘ
torpedoes at Midway ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1929-05-21 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1936-04-04 ⓘ |
| length | about 809 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 32.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Battle of Yorktown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NavyHullClassificationSymbol | CV-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | pivotal role in the Battle of Midway ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Midway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ranger-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| repairedAt | Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repairedInTimeFor | Battle of Midway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sankIn | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sankNear | Midway Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sankOn | 1942-06-07 ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| status | war grave ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| torpedoedBy | Japanese submarine I-168 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wreckDiscoveredOn | 1998-05-19 ⓘ |
| wreckLocation | deep waters near Midway Atoll ⓘ |
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 Yorktown Description of subject: USS Yorktown was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles, most notably the Battle of Midway.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.