A charging bronze billy goat meets your gaze here, sculpted by Clemente Spampinato in 1956 and presented to the Naval Academy in 1957. For decades this bronze charged just inside Gate 1 until 2010. It was noted as needing treatment in 1994, and following a five-year refurbishment underwritten by the Class of 1965 the statue was returned to Gate 1; the Class of 1965 also commissioned a second statue placed in the north end zone of Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on 9 June 2015 and rededicated 24 October 2015.
The work is large: the granite base measures 48 by 30 by 86 inches, and the bronze sculpture measures 50 by 27 by 87 inches. Along its flank you can spot an N and two stars. Sculptor Tony Thamasangvarn and the Baltimore New Arts Foundry added rank insignia, warfare devices, shrapnel from Vietnam, and a cube of steel from a nuclear submarine.
Locally called Navy Bill or simply Goat Mascot, this is both a mascot and a piece of academy history. Somewhere beyond Gate 1 waits its twin, guarding the stadium's north end zone.