Long Beach Naval Shipyard
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THE NAVY DISTINGUISHED CIVILIAN SERVICE AWARD IS PRESENTED TO

SAMUEL PINN
SOUTHWEST AREA COUNSEL
LONG BEACH NAVAL SHIPYARD

Mr. Pinn represents the Office of Counsel, Naval Sea Systems Command, as its Southwest Area Counsel and is physically located at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California. He is responsible for providing legal advice to the Long Beach Shipyard Commander and to the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Long Beach (SUPSHIP Long Beach). In his role as Area Counsel, Mr. Pinn is also responsible for the management of legal services provided at other facilities within his area of responsibility, the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, in San Diego and Pearl Harbor and to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, the Naval Ordnance Center, Pacific Division, Seal Beach and the Naval Weapons Station, Concord.

Mr. Samuel Pinn began his career as an engineer fifty-six years ago. He has served as a leader and inspiration to generations of government employees. He is the most senior attorney within Office of General Counsel, Department of the Navy (OGC) having served within that organization for over fifty years. His credentials are even more remarkable when it is recognized that Mr. Pinn served the Department of the Navy as an engineer for a period of five years prior to becoming an attorney. Mr. Pinn began work as a Junior Engineer, GS-05 in June 1941. He ended his engineering career as an Engineer (Naval Architect) in July 1946, when he became an attorney on contract status. He became an Attorney within the Bureau of Ships (BUSHIPs) in January 1948 at the GS-12 level.

After serving in the Office of Counsel, BUSHIPs for five years, Mr. Pinn became Counsel in January' 1956. He achieved the level of GS-16 in March 1960. During the time that Mr. Pinn served as Counsel, many significant changes took place in the way the Navy conducted its business, and Mr. Pinn was at the forefront of most of those changes. BUSHIPs became the Naval Ship Systems Command in 1966. Mr. Pinn was instrumental in the introduction and formalization of the Master Ship Repair Contract, a vehicle that has served the Navy well for more than forty-five years. His Management of the Office of Counsel has remained the model for the many Counsels who have come since his departure in April 1973.

Mr. Pinn served the Naval Facilities Engineering Command faithfully and in an exemplary manner for the next seven years, as Counsel, Pacific Division, Honolulu, Hawaii from April 1973 until June 1980. Mr. Pinn returned to the fold of the Naval Sea Systems Command as Southwest Area Counsel where he has continued his outstanding performance serving as the first OGC attorney at both the Long Beach Naval Shipyard and the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Long Beach. In addition, he has performed all the duties of an Area Counsel, supervising the legal services provided by attorneys throughout the Southwest.

Throughout his career, Mr. Pinn has proven over and over again that he is a superlative counsel. He has trained attorneys at all levels of the Office of the General Counsel and his counsel has been sought and obtained by scores of attorneys within the organization. His career has been exceptional and his contributions immeasurable.

Education
City College of New York, B.M. E.. 1941
George Washington University, J.D. (with distinction), 1946

Professional Organizations
District of Columbia Bar; State of Hawaii Bar; State of California Bar; Order of the Coif, Editorial, George Washington University Law Review

Awards
Navy Superior Civilian Service Award, 1973; Distinguished Civilian Service Award, 1960

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The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in presenting the
MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION to

LONG BEACH NAVAL SHIPYARD

for service as set forth in the following