Complex sentence: USS "Tingey" (DD-539), a "Fletcher"-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commodore Thomas Tingey (1750--1829).
Split into simpler sentences: USS "Tingey" (DD-539) was a "Fletcher"-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship to be named for Commodore Thomas Tingey (1750--1829).