Complex sentence: USS "Bastogne" (CVE-124) was a, laid down on 20 April 1945 by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Washington, but construction was canceled 12 August 1945.
Split into simpler sentences: USS "Bastogne" (CVE-124) was a. She was laid down on 20 April 1945 by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., in Seattle, Washington, but construction was canceled 12 August 1945.