Postwar
Gunnel was refitting at Pearl Harbor and at war's end she was ordered to New London, Connecticut, where she decommissioned 18 May 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy List 1 September 1958 and she was sold for scrapping in August 1959.
Gunnel received five battle stars for World War II service. Her first, second, third, and seventh war patrols were designated successful. In the JANAC accounting postwar, she was credited with six ships sunk for 24,624 tons.
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