The Avengers were just getting to Pear Harbor as the Battle of Midway was about to be fought. There’s a good book called “Dawn Like Thunder” that talks about them arriving to late to get in the battle. It’s a shame, some of our torpedo crews might have lived through the battle.
The Avenger entered U.S. service in 1942, and first saw action during the Battle of Midway. Despite the loss of five of the six Avengers on its combat debut, it survived in service to become one of the outstanding torpedo bombers of World War II. Greatly modified after the war, it remained in use until the 1960s.
A fully loaded Avenger weighed 18,000 pounds.
A fully loaded Dauntless weighed 10,000 pounds.