Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waApril 5, 1944 "Hyperion" yakabva kuSolomon Islands ine vanhu 45 mukuwedzera kumutoro wayo wenguva dzose wemafuta nezvokushandisa. Kusvika 10 April 1944, paEmirua Island muBismarcks,
rakanga rabatwa masvondo matatu bedzi pamberi pezvi, "Hyperion" rakanga rabudisa mutoro masikati ndokubuda richipinda munzvimbo yakachengeteka usiku. Zvadaro akadzokera kubasa rake rinokosha munzvimbo dzaiiswa zvikepe, achishanda pakati peNew Caledonia, Guadalcanal, New Zealand, uye Bismarck.