| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Lapwing |
| Pennant | AVP 4 |
| Mod | Seaplane tender |
| Built by | Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 13 Sep 1917 |
| Launched | 9 Mar 1918 |
| Commissioned | 17 Sep 1918 |
| End service | 10 Dec 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned on 3 April 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Avocet (AVP 4)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Joseph Malcolm Carson, USN | 6 Jul 1938 | 1 Jul 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Robert Ellington Dixon, USN | 1 Jul 1940 | mid 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. William Crawford Jonson, Jr., USN | mid 1941 | 19 Aug 1942 |
| 4 | Gus Otis Davis, USN | 19 Aug 1942 | 7 Apr 1943 |
| 5 | George Foster Keene, USN | 7 Apr 1943 | 14 Dec 1943 |
| 6 | Edward Joseph Terrill, USNR | 14 Dec 1943 | 18 Mar 1945 |
| 7 | Henry L. Oakes, Jr., USNR | 18 Mar 1945 | 10 Dec 1945 |
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