Complex sentence: USS "Texas" (BB1) was a second-class pre-dreadnought battleship built by the United States in the early 1890s, the first American battleship and the first ship named in honor of the state of Texas to be built by the United States.
Split into simpler sentences: USS "Texas" was a second-class pre-dreadnought battleship built by the United States in the early 1890s. She was the first American battleship and the first ship named in honor of the state of Texas to be built by the United States.