Complex sentence: She was then purchased by the United States Navy on 31 July 1941 and converted to an escort aircraft carrier in the Bethlehem Steel yards at Staten Island and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 March 1942.
Split into simpler sentences: She was then purchased by the United States Navy on 31 July 1941 and converted to an escort aircraft carrier in the Bethlehem Steel yards at Staten Island. With the conversion completed she was transferred and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 March 1942.