High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hyperion (AK-107), a Crater-class cargo ship, is the only ship of the United States Navy to have this name. Hyperion, formerly Liberty ship SS Christopher C. Andrews, was launched 24 June 1943 by Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, California; sponsored by Mrs. Percy Lindt; acquired by the Navy from WSA 10 July 1943; and commissioned 25 August 1943 at San Diego, Lt. Comdr. C. C. Newman in command. With gasoline barge YOG-85 in tow, Hyperion sailed for the Pacific 18 September on what was to be a memorable voyage. During the 42-day trip, the tow was lost twice; lightning struck the mainmast; a crewman was lost in high seas; and emergency flares were spotted but nothing was found. Hyperion finally reached Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides on 30 October 1943. The following half year saw the cargo ship shuttling among the Solomon Islands bringing valuable supplies — gasoline, diesel oil, rolling stock, foodstuffs — to the staging area for some of the Pacific's most hard-fought campaigns.

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