Complex sentence: The ships had a standard crew of 18 officers and 349 enlisted men and carried a number of smaller vessels, including one picket boat, one barge, one cutter, two yawls, and two dinghies.
Split into simpler sentences: The ships had a standard crew of 18 officers and 349 enlisted men. The cruisers carried a number of smaller vessels, including one picket boat, one barge, one cutter, two yawls, and two dinghies.