Complex sentence: The heavy cruiser New Orleans was commissioned in February 1934, the destroyer Dale and gunboat Erie were both built and commissioned along with a few Coast Guard cutters and construction began on the light cruisers USS Brooklyn and Honolulu.
Split into simpler sentences: The heavy cruiser New Orleans was commissioned in February 1934, the destroyer Dale and gunboat Erie were both built and commissioned along with a few Coast Guard cutters. Construction began on the light cruisers USS Brooklyn and Honolulu.