of LCIs that entered Tokyo Bay on 7 September. Gunason sailed the next day for Manila, arriving on 17 September, and remained in the Philippines until November. Duties included a trip to Batan Island with a War Crimes Investigating Detail in which facts, later brought forth in the Yamashita War Crimes Trial, were gleaned. A search mission for a downed plane and a training exercise with submarines in Subic Bay occupied Gunason until 26 November when she stood out of Subic Bay for the United States, arriving at San Diego, California on 17 December 1945. She operated out of there until 10 February 1947 when she sailed for the Far East via Pearl Harbor and Guam. Gunason arrived at Sasebo, Japan on 10 March. She sailed three days later for patrol off the eastern coast of Korea. Gunason remained in this service, with calls at Tsingtao and Yokosuka, until 10 September 1947, when she departed for California. Arriving at San Diego on 19 September, Gunason conducted coastal operations until 12 December 1947, when she entered Long Beach for inactivation. Gunason decommissioned on 13 March 1948 and was placed in reserve at Mare Island. In 1969 she was berthed at Stockton, California. In 1973 she was sunk as a target. References Buckley-class destroyer escorts Ships built in Orange, Texas 1943 ships Ships sunk as targets Maritime incidents in 1973