Lucky Bag History:

The Lucky Bag was first published by the class of 1894. It was one of the first yearbooks produced in the United States and stood as a tribute to the ranks of Midshipman represented inside its cover. It was the only lasting record of the journey of many famous naval officers during their “four years by the bay”. No other record categorizes the victory and defeat of sports teams, the captains and coaches those teams, and the Midshipman that spent their sweat and blood upon the fields of athletic battle to chant the “Blue and Gold” in glorious victory at the end of every athletic contest.

The pages of each Lucky Bag are replete with the names of the greatest men in our nations history: O'Hare, Fluckey, McCandless, Reem, Lawrence, McMullen, Fitzgerald, Nimitz, Stevenson, Zumwalt, Stockdale, Crowe, Lovell, McCain, Ripley, Shepard, Burke, Halsey, King, Sprunace, Rickover, Beach...

In nautical vernacular the term Lucky Bag denotes a old ship's lost and found bag. When the ship returned to it's home port, the lost and found bag was pulled out and the men sorted through its contents for their lost items. The men that find their lost goods began to term this the “Lucky Bag.”

The Lucky Bag is a collection of all events occurring during a year at the Naval Academy. It is currently published in two volumes totaling 888 pages. The Lucky Bag is the largest all color yearbook in the country and the finest testament to all graduates of the Naval Academy.