Three ships of the
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
have borne the name ''Avenger''.
* , was a side-wheel ram, transferred from the Army to the Navy in 1863, and decommissioned and sold in 1865.
* , was leased and commissioned by the Navy in May 1918, and decommissioned in December 1918.
* , is an ''Avenger''-class mine countermeasures ship, launched in 1985 and decommissioned on 30 September 2014.
Fictional ships
* The 1979 novel, ''Inoculate!'', features a fictional
submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
named USS ''Avenger''
See also
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United States Navy ship names