Complex sentence: She was launched on 22 March 1921 sponsored by Mrs. Max Melville, Denverite, daughter of United States Senator from Colorado Samuel D. Nicholson; and commissioned on 30 August 1923 with Captain R. R. Belknap in command.
Split into simpler sentences: She was launched on 22 March 1921 sponsored by Mrs. Max Melville, daughter of Colorado's United States Senator Samuel D. Nicholson of Denver. The commissioned on 30 August 1923 with Captain R. R. Belknap in command.