SS Hewitt

History
Name	Pacific (1914–15); Hewitt (1915–21);
Owner	J S Emery Steamship Co. (1914–15); Union Sulphur Company (1915–21);
Port of registry	New York City, United States
Builder	Fore River Shipbuilding Co
Launched	4 August 1914
Completed	September 1914
Out of service	January 1921
Identification	United States Official Number 212560; Code Letters LDPG; ;
Fate	Missing since 26 January 1921
General characteristics
Tonnage	5,399 GRT, 3,395 NRT
Length	420 ft (128 m)
Beam	60 ft (18 m)
Depth	38 ft (12 m)
Installed power	Triple expansion steam engine, 2,000 ihp
Propulsion	Single screw propeller
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h)
Crew	42

The SS Hewitt was a steel hulled bulk freighter built for the J. S. Emery Steamship Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, as the Pacific. (She had one sister ship named Atlantic.) She was sold to the Union Sulphur Company in 1915 and in 1921 she and her entire crew disappeared without a trace off the southeast coast of the United States.

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