Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Gunnel's first war patrol" (19 Oktoba <unk> 7 Disamba 1942) ya rufe hanyar daga Amurka zuwa Ingila, lokacin da ta shiga cikin
Operation "Torch", mamayewar da Allied suka yi wa Arewacin Afirka. Daya daga cikin jiragen ruwa shida da aka sanya wa Admiral Henry K. Hewitt na Yammacin Naval Task Force, "Gunnel" ya yi bincike daga Fedhala 6 ga Nuwamba 1942, kwana 2 kafin mamayewa, kuma a ranar D (8 Nuwamba) ya yi siginar infrared don jagorantar rundunar da ke gabatowa zuwa ga rairayin bakin teku. Ayyukan da aka yi da kyau, jirgin ruwan ya tashi zuwa Rosneath, Scotland, ranar 7 ga watan Disamba don kawo karshen aikinta na farko. "A kan hanyar" gida, motar motar ta HOR ta kasa, ta tilasta ta ta kammala karshe a kan mataimakin diesel, wanda ya haifar da babban gyare-gyare a Portsmouth Naval Shipyard a Kittery, Maine.