2025 WNHA Symposium
Sam Tangredi provides opening remarks
Vince O'Hara shows books that will be raffled at the end of the symposium
Wargaming the Age of Sail
Sam Tangredi provides opening remarks
The details
Date:
Saturday 1 February - Sunday 2 February 2025 8:30 am - 5:00 pm each Day
Location:
Live and Virtual Event – Broadcast from the Historic USS Midway Museum
910 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA
Admission:
The cost to attend in person was $60. Admission was included with WNHA membership.
Event Summary:
Many members joined us for two days of thought-provoking presentations, expert panels, and engaging workshops that explored pivotal moments, technologies, and personalities in naval history. Hosted by the Western Naval History Association, this hybrid symposium brought together scholars, veterans, authors, and enthusiasts to share new research and timeless stories from the sea.
Event Highlights
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Featured live presentations from leading historians and naval experts
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Included interactive roundtables on submarine mysteries and World War II strategies
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Offered hands-on workshops on collecting naval memorabilia and editing combat diaries
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Provided book signings and meet-the-author sessions
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Featured guided walkabouts aboard the USS Midway
Topics Included
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The fate of USS Scorpion
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Submarine warfare in World War II
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Naval operations during the Vietnam War
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The impact of radar in Pacific night battles
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Base planning in the postwar Pacific
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Maritime logistics and the Allied victory
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Underwater warship exploration
Distinguished Speakers
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Ed Offley, Pulitzer Prize nominee and military reporter
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Capt. James Bryant, USN (Ret.)
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Parks Stephenson, CEO of the USS Kidd Museum
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Dr. Carla Rahn Phillips, award-winning historian
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Richard Frank, author of Downfall and Tower of Skulls
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Jonathan Parshall, co-author of Shattered Sword
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…and many other esteemed historians, veterans, and authors