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# ![@NavalInstitute Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::17871088.png) @NavalInstitute U.S. Naval Institute

U.S. Naval Institute posts on X about $4732t, aboard, age of, wwii the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::17871088/influence)
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**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[$4732t](/topic/$4732t) #216, [aboard](/topic/aboard) #119, [age of](/topic/age-of) #377, [wwii](/topic/wwii) 3.57%, [china](/topic/china) 3.57%, [golden gate bridge](/topic/golden-gate-bridge) 1.79%, [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister) 1.79%, [japan](/topic/japan) 1.79%, [australia](/topic/australia) 1.79%, [guam](/topic/guam) XXXX%

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### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::17871088/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"#OTD in 1900 USS Holland (SS-1) became the U.S. Navy's first modern commissioned submarine. Engineer John Philip Holland also designed the Royal Navy's first sub HMS Holland X which was commissioned in 1901. #SubSunday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1977507922721865917) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-12T22:53Z 282K followers, 8212 engagements


"It's Alaska Day USS Alaska (CB-1) was the first of a class of large cruisers designed as a compromise to achieve a fast cruiser with a heavy main battery. Commissioned in 1944 Alaska was awarded three battle star during WWII. She was decommissioned in 1947 and scrapped in 1960"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1979601145807970517) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-18T17:31Z 282K followers, 22.8K engagements


"Starring Bruce Greenwood and Olivia Williams BELOW (2002) is a supernatural thriller set on a U.S. Navy submarine during WWII. The floating museum USS Silversides was used to film exterior shots on Lake Michigan. #MovieMonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1980449902380650903) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-21T01:43Z 282K followers, 7210 engagements


"It's National Metric Day. In 1794 British privateers captured French scientist Joseph Dombey who was sailing to the U.S. at the behest of Thomas Jefferson to deliver kilogram and meter standards for the newly developed metric system. Dombey died in captivity and the standards never made it to Jefferson. Some historians believe the incident may have contributed to the metric system's failure to be fully adopted by the U.S. #NationalMetricDay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1976719406706130984) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-10T18:40Z 282K followers, 1.5M engagements


"#OTD in 1945 thousands of spectators lined the Golden Gate Bridge to welcome the victorious ADM Bill Halsey as he returned to San Francisco aboard USS South Dakota. FADM Nimitz was in the area but did not attend the festivities because he wanted the focus to remain on Halsey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1978504505772724685) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-15T16:53Z 282K followers, 15.5K engagements


"Former Prime Minister of Japan Tomiichi Murayama passed away today at the age of XXX. On the 50th anniversary of Japan's 1945 surrender Murayama issued a landmark apology and expressed feelings of "deep remorse" for Japan's wartime atrocities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1979246813132496921) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-17T18:03Z 282K followers, 577K engagements


"Trump Backs Selling Submarines to Australia Under AUKUS Agreement USNI News"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1980678744567148862) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-21T16:53Z 282K followers, 6183 engagements


"It's National Vodka Day In 1979 USS Sam Houston fired an unarmed practice torpedo near Guam that entered international waters and was promptly scooped up by a Soviet trawler. The Navy chased the trawler for XX hours before diplomatic wrangling between Washington and Moscow resulted in the Soviets agreeing to give up their prize catch. Soviet and U.S. sailors swam out to meet in the middle of the ocean where the torpedo was returned along with a bottle of vodka upon which was written "Detente is detente." #NationalVodkaDay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1974514247120941507) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-04T16:37Z 282K followers, 117.9K engagements


"#OTD in 1962 McHALE'S NAVY premiered on ABC. The sitcom about a PT boat's crew of misfits and schemers starred Academy Award winner Ernest Borgnine who had served as a gunner's mate on USS Sylph (PY-12) during WWII. This is the cast having a bit of fun between scenes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1977033290273243394) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-11T15:27Z 282K followers, 27.2K engagements


"In 1949 the Navy sent invitations to dozens of members of Congress for an overnight cruise aboard USS Midway not realizing that the names on the invite list included several women. After Congresswomen Reva Bosone and Chase Woodhouse accepted the Navy decided to temporarily lift the rule that banned women from staying on warships. When Bosone and Woodhouse noted that they were among the first women to spend the night on a U.S. Navy warship their escort FADM Bill Halsey corrected them by adding "legally." #SeaStorySaturday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1979713369356513424) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-19T00:57Z 282K followers, 61.5K engagements


"When the Army began to relieve Marines on Guadalcanal in 1942 they landed with trucks full of food. Spotting an opportunity a Marine yelled "Air raid" As soldiers ran for cover hungry Marines poured out of the jungle and drove off with the trucks of food. #MarineMonday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1980361482283151797) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-20T19:52Z 282K followers, 49.1K engagements


"Sailor Found Dead in Great Lakes Navy Housing Local Coroner Says USNI News"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1980685227010748584) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-21T17:18Z 282K followers, 2499 engagements


"Hanwha Hires Former PEO Ships to Lead American Shipbuilding Enterprise USNI News"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1975311794169401622) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-06T21:26Z 281.9K followers, 4076 engagements


"#OTD in 1975 all commissioned U.S. Navy vessels were directed to fly the First Navy Jack for one year to commemorate the U.S. Bicentennial. The jack again was adopted from 2002 to 2019 during the Global War on Terrorism. The Navy has returned to the blue Union Jack but reserves the First Navy Jack for the longest active status warship currently USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1977911190668947789) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-14T01:35Z 281.9K followers, 49.9K engagements


"#OTD in 1944 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind (WAG-279) attacked and captured the German weather ship Externsteine which had become trapped in ice off Greenlands coast. Externsteine was the only enemy surface vessel captured by U.S. naval forces during WWII. The ship was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as USS Callao in 1945"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1979027804336365693) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-17T03:32Z 281.9K followers, 14.8K engagements


"U.S. Conducts Sixth Strike on Suspected Venezuelan Drug Boat USNI News"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1979270666374221895) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-17T19:37Z 281.9K followers, 7866 engagements


"The funeral and committal for astronaut CAPT Jim Lovell was held today at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. The famed naval aviator who commanded the Apollo XX lunar mission passed away on August X at the age of 97"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1978984669438755278) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-17T00:41Z 282K followers, 126.4K engagements


"Proceedings Photo of the Week: Machinist's Mate (Nuclear) 2nd Class Cameron McNovich is greeted by family as the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS New Mexico (SSN-779) returns to Naval Station Norfolk. U.S Navy (Ace Foster)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1979502750833516791) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-18T11:00Z 282K followers, 7701 engagements


"Marine Corps IDs Pilot Killed in Southern California Helicopter Crash USNI News"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1980744043182301375) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-21T21:12Z 282K followers, 4860 engagements


"Innovation drives disruptionand few know that better than Marc Raibert Founder and Executive Director of the Robotics and AI Institute and former CEO of Boston Dynamics. Join us on XX October in Annapolis for Dominance Through Disruption: The Evolving Military Advantage where Dr. Raibert will headline the luncheon keynote Disruptors: Driving Innovation. Register here: #DefenseInnovation #AI #Robotics #MilitaryAdvantage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1975599671113318523) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-07T16:30Z 282K followers, 4103 engagements


"Yesterday the U.S. Navy turned XXX years old 🎉 Dont forget to take advantage of our celebration get $XX off new and renewed memberships using code CELEBRATE250 until 11/30/25 (not valid on Student or Life tiers) + get a free digital book if you join by 11/11/25. You can also save $XX on your Naval History magazine subscription with code HISTORY250 through 11/30/25 (not valid for digital tiers). #USNavy250 #celebrate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1978158863838024191) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-14T18:00Z 282K followers, 4356 engagements


"How a memorable World War II shipboard tale evolved from bestselling novel to hit play to all-time Navy cinematic classic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1979940624926138835) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-19T16:00Z 281.9K followers, 4536 engagements


"The first two works that Tom Clancy published were a letter to the editor of Proceedings and this plan for using hovercraft to deploy MX missiles. The third work that he submitted to the Naval Institute was THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. #ThowbackThursday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1973912230333657433) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-03T00:45Z 282K followers, 196.3K engagements


"A 1900-year-old gravestone for a Roman sailor recently was discovered in the backyard of a house in New Orleans. Rather than being tantalizing evidence of an ancient Roman naval expedition the gravestone is now known to have been in the collection of an Italian museum until the 1940s. The artifact disappeared after the museum was heavily damaged during WWII. It likely was taken by a serviceman who brought it back to the U.S. to be used as a garden decoration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1977096890429980878) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-11T19:40Z 282K followers, 192.5K engagements


"#OTD in 2000 XX sailors were killed and XX injured when the destroyer USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers in Yemen's Aden harbor. The blast created a XX foot hole on the Cole's port side but the crew saved the ship through XX hours of sustained damage control"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1977427022881374600) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-12T17:31Z 282K followers, 93.9K engagements


"It's National Dessert Day. This special "mushroom cloud" cake was served for dessert at a reception celebrating the Operation Crossroads atomic tests on Bikini Atoll in 1946. Some critics charged that the cake revealed a cavalier attitude towards mass destruction. #NationalDessertDay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1978133131380015382) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-14T16:17Z 282K followers, 10.5K engagements


"The modified Black Swan-class sloop HMS Starling (U66) was the most successful anti-submarine warfare vessel of WWII. Starling was credited with the destruction of fourteen U-boats. Captain Frederic "Johnnie" Walker was credited with another six victories while commanding other ships. His death in 1944 was attributed to exhaustion. #WarshipWednesday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1978607576720834996) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-15T23:43Z 282K followers, 15.5K engagements


"#OTD in 1947 FADM Chester Nimitz was made an honorary chief and given the name Be-Ka-Na-Ge ("The Winner") by the Ottawa Tribe of Michigan. As part of the ceremony Nimitz smoked a peace pipe and performed a traditional dance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1978873014633501131) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-16T17:17Z 282K followers, 23.9K engagements


"Carrier USS Nimitz Transits Singapore Strait Operates in South China Sea USNI News"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1979256182951829989) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-17T18:40Z 282K followers, 34K engagements


"China Deploys Buoys Security Officers to Scarborough Shoal Amid Philippine Drills USNI News"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1979280018481254539) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-17T20:15Z 282K followers, 7900 engagements


"USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. XX 2025 USNI News"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1980334972969075001) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-20T18:07Z 282K followers, 6147 engagements


"Naval leaders must understand common decision-making pitfallsand how to avoid them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1980771097491521698) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-21T23:00Z 282K followers, 4355 engagements


"#OTD in 1904 the Russian Navy attacked British fishing trawlers in Dogger Bank after mistaking them for Japanese torpedo boats. The Russian ships sank one trawler but then began to fire at each other in the confusion. The incident almost led to war between the UK and Russia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1980820172773683418) [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) 2025-10-22T02:15Z 282K followers, 3756 engagements