USS Avenger (MCM-1) was the lead ship of her class of mine countermeasures ship, and the third U.S. Navy ship of that name.
Service history
thumb|USS Avenger leaving [[Naval Base San Diego|San Diego Naval Base, 16 April 2004.]]
Avenger was ordered on 29 June 1982, laid down on 3 June 1983 by the Peterson Shipbuilders Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., launched on 15 June 1985, and commissioned on 12 September 1987<!-- at COMMLOC, RANK CAPTAIN in command-->.
Subsequent to her commissioning and a period of test and trials, Avenger arrived in her homeport of NS Charleston, South Carolina,