USS Avenger (1863)

History
United States
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	1863
Acquired	7 December 1863
Commissioned	29 February 1864
Decommissioned	1 August 1865
Fate	Sold, 29 November 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	410 tons
Length	210 ft 0 in (64.01 m)
Beam	40 ft 0 in (12.19 m)
Draught	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Propulsion	steam engine side wheel-propelled
Speed	12 mph
Complement	not known
Armament	mounted ram one 100-pounder Parrott rifle one 12-pounder Parrott rifle four 24-pounder smoothbores

USS Avenger was a large steamer with powerful guns acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Because of her large size, she was also used, at times, as a cargo ship.^[1]