Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet and to remote stations and staging areas.

The refrigerator ship steamed to Majuro to supply the fleet with foodstuffs 10 October, touching at Kwajalein, Eniwetok, and other bases before returning to San Francisco, California.

Underway again 1 December 1944, the ship made two more voyages to the advance bases and the Philippines with stores, returning to Seattle, Washington, from the second cruise 13 April 1945.

In 1946 Hyades brought supplies to American ground troops in China, spending March at Qingdao and April at Hong Kong.

Hyades brought supplies and showed the flag in many Mediterranean ports, including Piraeus, Greece, Naples, Italy, Valencia, Spain, and Gibraltar.

In April 1957 the ship replenished carrier Lake Champlain (CV-39) during moves to support the threatened government of Jordan and took part in an important NATO fleet exercise during September–October in northern European waters.

After the easing of the situation in December, Hyades entered Home Bros. Shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, for the installation of a helicopter deck aft to increase her versatility and replenishment capabilities.

[1] Hyades’ crew was eligible for the following medals and ribbons: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.