Complex sentence: The ceremony for the returning fleet at Hampton Roads included a speech by President Theodore Roosevelt aboard the USS "Connecticut" during the third week of February, 1909, but some ships may have fueled or stopped at other New England ports prior to that date.
Split into simpler sentences: The ceremony for the returning fleet at Hampton Roads included a speech by President Theodore Roosevelt aboard the USS "Connecticut" during the third week of February, 1909. Many of the cruises vessels may have fueled or stopped at other New England ports prior to that date.