USS Avenger
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Avenger.
- The USS Avenger (1863), was a side-wheel ram, transferred from the Army to the Navy in 1863, and decommissioned and sold in 1865.
- The USS Avenger (SP-2646), was leased and commissioned by the Navy in May 1918, and decommissioned in December 1918.
- The USS Avenger (MCM-1), is an Avenger class mine countermeasures ship, launched in 1985 and currently in service.
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Famous quotes containing the word avenger:
“I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)