Complex sentence: USS "Conflict" (AM-85) was launched 18 April 1942 by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; and commissioned 7 September 1942, Lieutenant R. W. Luther, USNR, in command.
Split into simpler sentences: USS "Conflict" (AM-85) was an of the United States Navy. The ship was launched on 18 April 1942 by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; and commissioned 7 September 1942, Lieutenant R. W. Luther, USNR, in command.