Caption:infobox ship career

{{Infobox Ship Career |Hide header= |Ship country=USA |Ship flag={{USN flag|1917}} |Ship name=USS ''Avenger'' |Ship namesake= |Ship owner=Philips J. Wunderle |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Clement A. Troth, [[Camden, New Jersey]] |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= 1917 |Ship acquired=May 1918 |Ship commissioned=29 May 1918 |Ship decommissioned=19 December 1918 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Returned to owner |Ship status= |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }}