[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @NavalInstitute U.S. Naval Institute U.S. Naval Institute posts on X about $4732t, japan, solomon islands, jersey the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and 1495 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::17871088/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX -XX% - X Month XXXXXXXXX +178% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX +50% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::17871088/posts_active)  - X Month XXX +26% - X Months XXX +30% - X Year XXX -XXXX% ### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::17871088/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXX +0.22% - X Month XXXXXXX +1.20% - X Months XXXXXXX +11% - X Year XXXXXXX +23% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::17871088/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::17871088/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) **Social topic influence** [$4732t](/topic/$4732t) #22, [japan](/topic/japan), [solomon islands](/topic/solomon-islands), [jersey](/topic/jersey), [san diego](/topic/san-diego) #97, [australia](/topic/australia), [air force](/topic/air-force), [tower of london](/topic/tower-of-london), [london](/topic/london), [col](/topic/col) **Top assets mentioned** [Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK)](/topic/$vik) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::17871088/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "#OTD in 1940 Congress passed the Vinson-Walsh "Two-Ocean Navy" Act which increased the size of the U.S. Navy by 70%. It was the largest naval procurement bill in U.S. history adding XX carriers X battleships XX cruisers XXX destroyers XX subs and 15k aircraft to the fleet"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1946583017821966342) 2025-07-19 14:48:51 UTC 273.4K followers, 63.5K engagements "Japan Reviews Noise Impact of F-35B Vertical Landings on Nyutabaru Air Base USNI News"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1949889659061879086) 2025-07-28 17:48:16 UTC 273.4K followers, 2182 engagements "Paul Stillwell came by to check out an advance of his upcoming book: BATTLESHIP NEW JERSEY: The Complete History. Well done Sir She's a beauty"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1948759233249390649) 2025-07-25 14:56:22 UTC 273.4K followers, 3741 engagements "#OTD in 1969 a Honduran Corsair shot down two Salvadoran Corsairs and a Mustang during the "Football War". It was the last dogfight between piston engine fighters. The U.S. Navy had retired the F4U Corsair in 1953. The Honduran Air Force continued to fly the F4U until 1979"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1945887702605287870) 2025-07-17 16:45:55 UTC 273.4K followers, 7739 engagements "A crowdfunding campaign only needed three days to reach the target for the first stage of a fundraising effort to help relocate a rare Imperial Japanese Navy N1K2-J Shiden-Kai that has been on exhibit in a deterioriating facility in Ainan Japan. The Shiden-Kai was an advanced fighter that had success against U.S. Navy Corsairs and Hellcats late in the war. Of the XXX built only four exist today. The one in Japan was recovered from the Bungo Channel in 1979 and restored. The funds raised will be used to build a new facility for the aircraft"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1946413704628818009) 2025-07-19 03:36:04 UTC 273.4K followers, 44K engagements "In a tradition that dates back to a mandate ordered by King Richard II in 1381 the Royal Navy still presents the Constable of the Tower of London with barrels of alcohol to pay the toll for sailing up the Thames. During a visit in 2009 USS Halyburton paid the Constable's Dues with a keg of wine. #FunFactFriday"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1948842701488533698) 2025-07-25 20:28:02 UTC 273.4K followers, 25.6K engagements "#OTD in 1959 Lt. Col. William Rankin ejected from his F-8 Crusader at 47000 ft and fell through a thunderstorm cloud. He then spent XX minutes being whipped around as lightning bolts shot by him. Suffering frostbite and severe decompression he eventually landed in a forest"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1949222681749963064) 2025-07-26 21:37:56 UTC 273.4K followers, 45.8K engagements "A rare SB2C Helldiver made its first public flight in over XX years on Saturday. Dumped in Lake Washington near Seattle in 1945 the dive bomber was salvaged by two teenagers in 1984. After a legal battle with the Navy over ownership the plane was fully restored to flying condition and is now part of the collection at the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs. There are only two other airworthy Helldivers in existence"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1947496499090260041) 2025-07-22 03:18:42 UTC 273.4K followers, 64.1K engagements "Today is #NationalNewJerseyDay USS New Jersey (BB-62) is the most decorated battleship in U.S. Navy history earning XX battle stars for service in WWII Korean War Vietnam War Lebanese Civil War and the Persian Gulf. "The Big J" is now a museum in Camden"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1949630749570724243) 2025-07-28 00:39:27 UTC 273.4K followers, 18.7K engagements "The E/V Nautilus has located the wreck of the Japanese destroyer Teruzuki in the Solomon Islands Iron Bottom Sound. Teruzuki was escorting a convoy of supply ships near Guadalcanal when it was attacked and sunk by U.S. Navy PT boats in 1942. The destroyer's depth charges are still visible on the deck of the stern"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1946051224283046017) 2025-07-18 03:35:42 UTC 273.4K followers, 86.8K engagements "#RIP actor Val Kilmer who passed away today at the age of XX. In addition to his appearances in BATMAN FOREVER and TOMBSTONE Kilmer perhaps was best known for his role as Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in TOP GUN. His final film was TOP GUN: MAVERICK in 2022"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1907288361074667707) 2025-04-02 04:25:55 UTC 273.4K followers, 2.3M engagements "#OTD in 1949 USS Recruit at the San Diego Naval Training Center became the first U.S. Navy ship to be commissioned yet never reach water. As a commissioned ship "Miss Neversail" had to observe morning and evening colors as well as fly a commission pennant"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1949646443880321239) 2025-07-28 01:41:49 UTC 273.4K followers, 23.7K engagements "#RIP Francis Ganley who passed away on Monday at the age of XX. Ganley enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and served aboard USS Texas (BB-35) manning one of the battleship's X anti-aircraft guns during the invasion of Normandy"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1948904869336940628) 2025-07-26 00:35:04 UTC 273.4K followers, 22.8K engagements "Decisions President Franklin D. Roosevelt made concerning General Douglas MacArthur resulted in one of history's greatest naval battles"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1949500053820772653) 2025-07-27 16:00:07 UTC 273.4K followers, 4146 engagements "The E/V Nautilus has located the bow of USS New Orleans in the Solomon Islands Iron Bottom Sound. The bow was blown off by a Japanese 'Long Lance' torpedo during the Battle of Tassafaronga in 1942. The crew of the New Orleans made quick repairs with coconut logs and then sailed the heavy cruiser in reverse for 1800 miles to reach Sydney Australia"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1942621067878547816) 2025-07-08 16:25:29 UTC 273.4K followers, 79.4K engagements "In 1942 Jacklyn Lucas used forged documents to enlist in the Marines when he was only XX years old. He later left his unit and stowed away on a ship heading to Iwo Jima just as he turned XX. During the invasion he saved the lives of several other Marines by diving on top of two Japanese grenades. He was severely wounded but survived and was awarded the Medal of Honor. He carried about XXX pieces of metal in his body until his death in 2008. #MarineMonday"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1947388692097863706) 2025-07-21 20:10:19 UTC 273.4K followers, 27.3K engagements "The United States must turn to its allies for help as it rebuilds its shipbuilding capacity to compete with China"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1948352536974446980) 2025-07-24 12:00:18 UTC 273.4K followers, 3242 engagements "Battleship Texas Finds Permanent Home in Galveston USNI News"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1948822378429251772) 2025-07-25 19:07:17 UTC 273.4K followers, 44.2K engagements "#OTD in 1943 U-459 had to be scuttled after being damaged in an attack by two RAF Wellington bombers. U-459 shot down one of the Wellingtons but the bomber then crashed into the sub and left depth charges on the deck. One depth charge detonated as the crew threw it overboard"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1948554627248783382) 2025-07-25 01:23:20 UTC 273.4K followers, 6898 engagements "During the Solomon Islands campaign a Marine on night sentry duty heard someone approaching in the jungle and fired a few bursts from his machine gun. A voice called out: "Hold up your fire We are Americans. I am bringing in my platoon." The Marine responded by blasting away with his weapon wiping out a Japanese patrol. When asked how he knew they were the enemy he explained that they were "Just too damned grammatical to be Marines." #SeaStorySaturday"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1944093230418542884) 2025-07-12 17:55:20 UTC 273.4K followers, 1.4M engagements "Aircraft Carriers USS George Washington HMS Prince of Wales Team Up off Australia USNI News"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1946328327859396861) 2025-07-18 21:56:49 UTC 273.4K followers, 16.9K engagements "#OTD in 1968 carrier suitability trials for the F-111B were conducted aboard USS Coral Sea. The plane was a variant of the Air Force's F-111 Aardvark. It had been considered to fill Navy's need for a new carrier-based interceptor but was deemed too heavy. The F-14 got the job"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1948045672491651341) 2025-07-23 15:40:55 UTC 273.4K followers, 27K engagements "#OTD in 1767 15-year-old midshipman Robert Pitcairn of HMS Swallow spotted the island that would be named for him. The remote southern Pacific Ocean island would later gain notoriety as the refuge of the mutineers from HMS Bounty. The modern-day Pitcairn Islanders are descendants of Fletcher Christian and other Bounty mutineers"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1940918534894215496) 2025-07-03 23:40:13 UTC 273.4K followers, 6636 engagements "#OTD in 1926 during the U.S. occupation of Haiti Marine Warrant Officer Faustin Wirkus was crowned Faustin II king of the island of La Gonave by the natives who believed he was the reincarnation of Emperor Faustin I. He reigned for X years before the Marines reassigned him"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1946284546212700256) 2025-07-18 19:02:50 UTC 273.4K followers, 13.7K engagements "#OTD in 1945 the Royal Navy heavy cruiser HMS Sussex was struck by a kamikaze near the Dutch East Indies. The Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" failed to penetrate the ship's side plating leaving only a distinct imprint on the hull"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1949180208822534154) 2025-07-26 18:49:10 UTC 273.4K followers, 9916 engagements "Happy 79th birthday to former president George W. Bush. In 2003 he became the first sitting president to trap on an aircraft carrier when an S-3 Viking designated Navy One transported him to USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1941988929093144818) 2025-07-06 22:33:35 UTC 273.4K followers, 12.4K engagements "#OTD in 1972 the F-15 Eagle flew for the first time. The Navy once considered developing the F-15N Sea Eagle as a faster lighter and cheaper alternative to the F-14. However modifying the F-15 with folding wings and stronger landing gear for carriers negated its advantages"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1949571191414706387) 2025-07-27 20:42:47 UTC 273.4K followers, 9535 engagements "Pentagon Eyes Southern Philippines as Refueling Hub for U.S. Warships Military Aircraft USNI News"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1947764116493332807) 2025-07-22 21:02:07 UTC 273.4K followers, 5708 engagements "Carrier USS Carl Vinson Leaves Middle East U.S. Reduces Destroyers in Mediterranean USNI News"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1944868628928614880) 2025-07-14 21:16:29 UTC 273.4K followers, 4899 engagements "#RIP Hulk Hogan who passed away today at the age of XX. The wrestling superstar portrayed a former U.S. Navy SEAL in the TV series THUNDER IN PARADISE (1994) and the films ASSAULT ON DEVIL'S ISLAND (1997) and the sequel ASSAULT ON DEATH MOUNTAIN (1999)"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1948438939817152826) 2025-07-24 17:43:38 UTC 273.4K followers, 20.8K engagements "The most frequently used ship names in US Navy history are USS Ranger (10) USS Enterprise (9) USS Washington (9) USS Wasp (9) USS Hornet (8) USS Morris (8) and USS Niagra (8). The US Navy also has an experimental unmanned surface vessel in Ghost Fleet Overlord named USV Ranger. The Royal Navy and its predecessors have had XX vessels bearing the name Swallow. #FunFactFriday"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1938759664935559566) 2025-06-28 00:41:39 UTC 273.3K followers, 29.6K engagements "The 65-foot boat Offshore Lifestyle crashed into the USS Midway Museum in San Diego on Friday causing $100000 in damage to the carrier. The captain of the Offshore Lifestyle fled the scene but was later arrested for boating under the influence hit and run and operating a vessel with BAC over .08. Video via @SanDiegoWebCam"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1947695156330664185) 2025-07-22 16:28:06 UTC 273.4K followers, 76.1K engagements "Happy #NationalDaiquiriDay In addition to overseeing the construction of Bethesda Naval Hospital RADM Lucius Johnson introduced the daiquiri to the U.S. He discovered the rum and lime juice cocktail while in Cuba in 1909 and brought the recipe to the Army and Navy Club in D.C"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1946695609248891362) 2025-07-19 22:16:15 UTC 273.3K followers, 21.5K engagements "#OTD in 1945 USS Barb "sank" a train when a landing party went ashore at Karafuto Japan and planted the sub's scuttling charges on a track. As the party returned to the sub the explosives detonated and wrecked a train. A train victory mark was added to the Barb's battle flag"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1948091368858931553) 2025-07-23 18:42:30 UTC 273.4K followers, 33.5K engagements "Today is Colombian Navy Day. July XX was established as Navy Day to commemorate the Gran Colombian fleet's victory over Spanish forces at the 1823 Battle of Lake Maracaibo during the Venezuelan War of Independence. The official flagship of the Armada de Colombia is the three-masted steel-hulled barque ARC Gloria"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1948570102544191599) 2025-07-25 02:24:49 UTC 273.4K followers, 4835 engagements "It's National Scotch Day. Admiral William Halsey kept a secret stash of VAT XX scotch on USS Missouri in a crate labeled "electronic spares". When anyone overheard talk about VAT XX Halsey's chief of staff insisted that it was the Pope's phone number. #NationalScotchDay"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1949526459716091946) 2025-07-27 17:45:03 UTC 273.4K followers, 57.1K engagements "This week letters written by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in early 1942 while aboard the battleships Nagato and Yamato will be made public for the first time. In the letters to his wife's parents Yamamoto expressed concern over Japan's euphoria following the attack on Pearl Harbor noting that it was just a minor victory over an unprepared enemy. He warned that they soon would be facing a full-scale battle"  [@NavalInstitute](/creator/x/NavalInstitute) on [X](/post/tweet/1945651445191065635) 2025-07-17 01:07:07 UTC 273.4K followers, 176.3K engagements
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@NavalInstitute U.S. Naval Institute
U.S. Naval Institute posts on X about $4732t, japan, solomon islands, jersey the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and 1495 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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Top assets mentioned Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"#OTD in 1940 Congress passed the Vinson-Walsh "Two-Ocean Navy" Act which increased the size of the U.S. Navy by 70%. It was the largest naval procurement bill in U.S. history adding XX carriers X battleships XX cruisers XXX destroyers XX subs and 15k aircraft to the fleet"
@NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-19 14:48:51 UTC 273.4K followers, 63.5K engagements
"Japan Reviews Noise Impact of F-35B Vertical Landings on Nyutabaru Air Base USNI News" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-28 17:48:16 UTC 273.4K followers, 2182 engagements
"Paul Stillwell came by to check out an advance of his upcoming book: BATTLESHIP NEW JERSEY: The Complete History. Well done Sir She's a beauty" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-25 14:56:22 UTC 273.4K followers, 3741 engagements
"#OTD in 1969 a Honduran Corsair shot down two Salvadoran Corsairs and a Mustang during the "Football War". It was the last dogfight between piston engine fighters. The U.S. Navy had retired the F4U Corsair in 1953. The Honduran Air Force continued to fly the F4U until 1979" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-17 16:45:55 UTC 273.4K followers, 7739 engagements
"A crowdfunding campaign only needed three days to reach the target for the first stage of a fundraising effort to help relocate a rare Imperial Japanese Navy N1K2-J Shiden-Kai that has been on exhibit in a deterioriating facility in Ainan Japan. The Shiden-Kai was an advanced fighter that had success against U.S. Navy Corsairs and Hellcats late in the war. Of the XXX built only four exist today. The one in Japan was recovered from the Bungo Channel in 1979 and restored. The funds raised will be used to build a new facility for the aircraft" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-19 03:36:04 UTC 273.4K followers, 44K engagements
"In a tradition that dates back to a mandate ordered by King Richard II in 1381 the Royal Navy still presents the Constable of the Tower of London with barrels of alcohol to pay the toll for sailing up the Thames. During a visit in 2009 USS Halyburton paid the Constable's Dues with a keg of wine. #FunFactFriday" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-25 20:28:02 UTC 273.4K followers, 25.6K engagements
"#OTD in 1959 Lt. Col. William Rankin ejected from his F-8 Crusader at 47000 ft and fell through a thunderstorm cloud. He then spent XX minutes being whipped around as lightning bolts shot by him. Suffering frostbite and severe decompression he eventually landed in a forest" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-26 21:37:56 UTC 273.4K followers, 45.8K engagements
"A rare SB2C Helldiver made its first public flight in over XX years on Saturday. Dumped in Lake Washington near Seattle in 1945 the dive bomber was salvaged by two teenagers in 1984. After a legal battle with the Navy over ownership the plane was fully restored to flying condition and is now part of the collection at the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs. There are only two other airworthy Helldivers in existence" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-22 03:18:42 UTC 273.4K followers, 64.1K engagements
"Today is #NationalNewJerseyDay USS New Jersey (BB-62) is the most decorated battleship in U.S. Navy history earning XX battle stars for service in WWII Korean War Vietnam War Lebanese Civil War and the Persian Gulf. "The Big J" is now a museum in Camden" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-28 00:39:27 UTC 273.4K followers, 18.7K engagements
"The E/V Nautilus has located the wreck of the Japanese destroyer Teruzuki in the Solomon Islands Iron Bottom Sound. Teruzuki was escorting a convoy of supply ships near Guadalcanal when it was attacked and sunk by U.S. Navy PT boats in 1942. The destroyer's depth charges are still visible on the deck of the stern" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-18 03:35:42 UTC 273.4K followers, 86.8K engagements
"#RIP actor Val Kilmer who passed away today at the age of XX. In addition to his appearances in BATMAN FOREVER and TOMBSTONE Kilmer perhaps was best known for his role as Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in TOP GUN. His final film was TOP GUN: MAVERICK in 2022" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-04-02 04:25:55 UTC 273.4K followers, 2.3M engagements
"#OTD in 1949 USS Recruit at the San Diego Naval Training Center became the first U.S. Navy ship to be commissioned yet never reach water. As a commissioned ship "Miss Neversail" had to observe morning and evening colors as well as fly a commission pennant" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-28 01:41:49 UTC 273.4K followers, 23.7K engagements
"#RIP Francis Ganley who passed away on Monday at the age of XX. Ganley enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and served aboard USS Texas (BB-35) manning one of the battleship's X anti-aircraft guns during the invasion of Normandy" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-26 00:35:04 UTC 273.4K followers, 22.8K engagements
"Decisions President Franklin D. Roosevelt made concerning General Douglas MacArthur resulted in one of history's greatest naval battles" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-27 16:00:07 UTC 273.4K followers, 4146 engagements
"The E/V Nautilus has located the bow of USS New Orleans in the Solomon Islands Iron Bottom Sound. The bow was blown off by a Japanese 'Long Lance' torpedo during the Battle of Tassafaronga in 1942. The crew of the New Orleans made quick repairs with coconut logs and then sailed the heavy cruiser in reverse for 1800 miles to reach Sydney Australia" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-08 16:25:29 UTC 273.4K followers, 79.4K engagements
"In 1942 Jacklyn Lucas used forged documents to enlist in the Marines when he was only XX years old. He later left his unit and stowed away on a ship heading to Iwo Jima just as he turned XX. During the invasion he saved the lives of several other Marines by diving on top of two Japanese grenades. He was severely wounded but survived and was awarded the Medal of Honor. He carried about XXX pieces of metal in his body until his death in 2008. #MarineMonday" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-21 20:10:19 UTC 273.4K followers, 27.3K engagements
"The United States must turn to its allies for help as it rebuilds its shipbuilding capacity to compete with China" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-24 12:00:18 UTC 273.4K followers, 3242 engagements
"Battleship Texas Finds Permanent Home in Galveston USNI News" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-25 19:07:17 UTC 273.4K followers, 44.2K engagements
"#OTD in 1943 U-459 had to be scuttled after being damaged in an attack by two RAF Wellington bombers. U-459 shot down one of the Wellingtons but the bomber then crashed into the sub and left depth charges on the deck. One depth charge detonated as the crew threw it overboard" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-25 01:23:20 UTC 273.4K followers, 6898 engagements
"During the Solomon Islands campaign a Marine on night sentry duty heard someone approaching in the jungle and fired a few bursts from his machine gun. A voice called out: "Hold up your fire We are Americans. I am bringing in my platoon." The Marine responded by blasting away with his weapon wiping out a Japanese patrol. When asked how he knew they were the enemy he explained that they were "Just too damned grammatical to be Marines." #SeaStorySaturday" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-12 17:55:20 UTC 273.4K followers, 1.4M engagements
"Aircraft Carriers USS George Washington HMS Prince of Wales Team Up off Australia USNI News" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-18 21:56:49 UTC 273.4K followers, 16.9K engagements
"#OTD in 1968 carrier suitability trials for the F-111B were conducted aboard USS Coral Sea. The plane was a variant of the Air Force's F-111 Aardvark. It had been considered to fill Navy's need for a new carrier-based interceptor but was deemed too heavy. The F-14 got the job" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-23 15:40:55 UTC 273.4K followers, 27K engagements
"#OTD in 1767 15-year-old midshipman Robert Pitcairn of HMS Swallow spotted the island that would be named for him. The remote southern Pacific Ocean island would later gain notoriety as the refuge of the mutineers from HMS Bounty. The modern-day Pitcairn Islanders are descendants of Fletcher Christian and other Bounty mutineers" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-03 23:40:13 UTC 273.4K followers, 6636 engagements
"#OTD in 1926 during the U.S. occupation of Haiti Marine Warrant Officer Faustin Wirkus was crowned Faustin II king of the island of La Gonave by the natives who believed he was the reincarnation of Emperor Faustin I. He reigned for X years before the Marines reassigned him" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-18 19:02:50 UTC 273.4K followers, 13.7K engagements
"#OTD in 1945 the Royal Navy heavy cruiser HMS Sussex was struck by a kamikaze near the Dutch East Indies. The Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" failed to penetrate the ship's side plating leaving only a distinct imprint on the hull" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-26 18:49:10 UTC 273.4K followers, 9916 engagements
"Happy 79th birthday to former president George W. Bush. In 2003 he became the first sitting president to trap on an aircraft carrier when an S-3 Viking designated Navy One transported him to USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-06 22:33:35 UTC 273.4K followers, 12.4K engagements
"#OTD in 1972 the F-15 Eagle flew for the first time. The Navy once considered developing the F-15N Sea Eagle as a faster lighter and cheaper alternative to the F-14. However modifying the F-15 with folding wings and stronger landing gear for carriers negated its advantages" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-27 20:42:47 UTC 273.4K followers, 9535 engagements
"Pentagon Eyes Southern Philippines as Refueling Hub for U.S. Warships Military Aircraft USNI News" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-22 21:02:07 UTC 273.4K followers, 5708 engagements
"Carrier USS Carl Vinson Leaves Middle East U.S. Reduces Destroyers in Mediterranean USNI News" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-14 21:16:29 UTC 273.4K followers, 4899 engagements
"#RIP Hulk Hogan who passed away today at the age of XX. The wrestling superstar portrayed a former U.S. Navy SEAL in the TV series THUNDER IN PARADISE (1994) and the films ASSAULT ON DEVIL'S ISLAND (1997) and the sequel ASSAULT ON DEATH MOUNTAIN (1999)" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-24 17:43:38 UTC 273.4K followers, 20.8K engagements
"The most frequently used ship names in US Navy history are USS Ranger (10) USS Enterprise (9) USS Washington (9) USS Wasp (9) USS Hornet (8) USS Morris (8) and USS Niagra (8). The US Navy also has an experimental unmanned surface vessel in Ghost Fleet Overlord named USV Ranger. The Royal Navy and its predecessors have had XX vessels bearing the name Swallow. #FunFactFriday" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-06-28 00:41:39 UTC 273.3K followers, 29.6K engagements
"The 65-foot boat Offshore Lifestyle crashed into the USS Midway Museum in San Diego on Friday causing $100000 in damage to the carrier. The captain of the Offshore Lifestyle fled the scene but was later arrested for boating under the influence hit and run and operating a vessel with BAC over .08. Video via @SanDiegoWebCam" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-22 16:28:06 UTC 273.4K followers, 76.1K engagements
"Happy #NationalDaiquiriDay In addition to overseeing the construction of Bethesda Naval Hospital RADM Lucius Johnson introduced the daiquiri to the U.S. He discovered the rum and lime juice cocktail while in Cuba in 1909 and brought the recipe to the Army and Navy Club in D.C" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-19 22:16:15 UTC 273.3K followers, 21.5K engagements
"#OTD in 1945 USS Barb "sank" a train when a landing party went ashore at Karafuto Japan and planted the sub's scuttling charges on a track. As the party returned to the sub the explosives detonated and wrecked a train. A train victory mark was added to the Barb's battle flag" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-23 18:42:30 UTC 273.4K followers, 33.5K engagements
"Today is Colombian Navy Day. July XX was established as Navy Day to commemorate the Gran Colombian fleet's victory over Spanish forces at the 1823 Battle of Lake Maracaibo during the Venezuelan War of Independence. The official flagship of the Armada de Colombia is the three-masted steel-hulled barque ARC Gloria" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-25 02:24:49 UTC 273.4K followers, 4835 engagements
"It's National Scotch Day. Admiral William Halsey kept a secret stash of VAT XX scotch on USS Missouri in a crate labeled "electronic spares". When anyone overheard talk about VAT XX Halsey's chief of staff insisted that it was the Pope's phone number. #NationalScotchDay" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-27 17:45:03 UTC 273.4K followers, 57.1K engagements
"This week letters written by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in early 1942 while aboard the battleships Nagato and Yamato will be made public for the first time. In the letters to his wife's parents Yamamoto expressed concern over Japan's euphoria following the attack on Pearl Harbor noting that it was just a minor victory over an unprepared enemy. He warned that they soon would be facing a full-scale battle" @NavalInstitute on X 2025-07-17 01:07:07 UTC 273.4K followers, 176.3K engagements