sentences:  USS Skimmer (AMCU-41)
  
  USS "Skimmer" (AMCU-41/LCIL-1093) was an built for the U.S. Navy for the task of landing troops in combat areas.The second ship to be named "Skimmer" by the Navy was laid down as "LCI(L)-1093", a large, infantry landing craft, on 11 September 1944 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan; launched on 23 September 1944; and commissioned on 28 September 1944.