Caption:infobox ship career

{{Infobox Ship Career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1917}} |Ship name=USS ''Avenger'' |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= [[Philips J. Wunderle]] |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=[[Clement A. Troth ]], [[Camden, New.Jersey.]], [[New Jersey]] |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed=1910 |Ship acquired=[[13 April]] [[1917]] |Ship commissioned=[[29 May]] [[1918]] |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck=[[11 December]] [[1918]] |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Returned to Owner [[11 December]] [[1918]] |Ship status= |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }}