STIMSON-DAVID
DAVID STIMSON
Deceased
07/30/1945
Rate/Rank
ENS
ENS
Service Branch
USN 00/1943 - 7/1945
Born
01/10/1926
PHILADELPHIA, PA
LOST AT SEA IN SINKING OF USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35 WHEN IT WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30 1945 AFTER DELIVERY OF COMPONENTS OF THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN.
ENS, USS INDIANAPOLIS CA 35
PURPLE HEART
ENSIGN DAVID STIMSON, ONLY SON OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM B. AND FLORENCE STIMSON PARTICPATED IN THE V-12 PROGRAM RECEIVING HIS OFFICER TRAINING. HE BOARDED USS INDIANAPOLIS CA 35 JUNE 15, 1945 HAVING BEEN IN THE NAVY FOR TWO YEARS. ENS STIMSON WAS A GUNNERY OFFICER ABOARD USS INDIANAPOLIS. ENS STIMSON WAS A MEMBER OF THE FINAL SAILING CREW OF USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35 BEING ON BOARD AT TINIAN FOR THE DELIVERY OF COMPONENT PARTS OF THE ATOMIC BOMB "LITTLE BOY" WHICH WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA JAPAN. DAVID'S FATHER, SERVED AS A CHAPLAIN WITH THE US ARMY IN FRANCE AND HAD NOT SEEN HIS SON SINCE OCTOBER, 1944. DAVID'S PARENTS SENT LETTERS TO INDIANAPOLIS SURVIVORS SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR SON.