Complex sentence: The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that they were: faster, longer and wider, taller, a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and had a long raised forecastle.
Split into simpler sentences: The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that Victory ships were faster, longer and wider, taller. Victory ships also had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and a long raised forecastle.