Original sentence: She was one of the "long-hulled"  ships, considered by some authorities to be a separate class, the.The ship was laid down in drydock by the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia on 15 March 1943, and launched by float on 2 November 1944, sponsored on 3 June 1945 by Mrs
Edited sentence: Lake Champlain was one of the  "long-hull"  ships.She was laid down in a drydock at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia on 15 March 1943.The hull was launched on 2 November 1944, sponsored on 3 June 1945 by Mrs