Complex sentence: The ship was launched on 23 December 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Wilbur F. Burt, renamed "Neosho" on 18 July 1942, and acquired by the Navy, at San Francisco on 4 August 1942.
Split into simpler sentences: The ship was launched on 23 December 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Wilbur F. Burt. She was acquired by the Navy at San Francisco on 4 August 1942.