SS Hewitt

The S.S. "Hewitt" was a ship which disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.

S. S. "Hewitt" was built for the J. S. Emery Steamship Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, as the "Pacific", a steel hulled, bulk freighter. (She had one sister ship named "Atlantic". She was sold to the Berwind White Coal Co. and became a collier.) "Hewitt" was delivered in September 1914 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co. of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was a working ship with few frills. She was purchased by the Union Sulfur Co. in 1915. After a refit, she was renamed "Hewitt" and assigned in the U.S. registry with number 212560 and home port of New York City. Exactly what modifications, if any, Union Sulfur Co. made are unknown, but she probably remained mostly as she was built.

"Hewitt" plied the route along the U.S. coast. During World War I she delivered vital sulfur to ammunition and chemical industries. Apparently, no war-related incidents were reported. After the war, she remained with Union Sulfur Co.

Under command of Capt. Hans Jakob Hansen, she left fully loaded from Sabine, Texas on January 20, 1921. She was bound for Portland, Maine, with a stop in Boston. She made her regular radio call on January 25, and reported nothing unusual. She was last seen 250 miles north of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. From that time to this, she remains missing. No further radio signals from her were received. A huge search along her route found nothing.

Union Sulfur Co. was absorbed by Texas Gulf Sulfur Co. in 1924, and details of the Union Sulfur Company's ships are difficult to find. What is known is:

Dimensions: Length - 420ft. Beam - 60 ft. Depth - 38 ft.? GRT - 5,398 tons Crew - 42 Machinery - Coal fired boilers, steam reciprocating engine single screw , speed 12 knots?