Dennis Vincent McGinn (born August 26, 1945)[2][1] is a former American government official and retired United States Navy admiral.

A career naval aviator, McGinn was an officer in the United States Navy for 35 years, retiring as a vice admiral.

[7] As a captain, McGinn served as the final commanding officer of the Forrestal-class aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) from August 21, 1991, to July 10, 1993, making an extended western Pacific and Indian Ocean deployment.

He became Director, Air Warfare Division of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in January 1996, and was promoted to rear admiral in September.

[7][8] McGinn's nomination as a vice admiral was confirmed on June 25, 1998, and he subsequently commanded the United States Third Fleet from November 1998 to October 2000.

[11] McGinn's experiences during the 1973 oil crisis instilled in him a longtime goal to reduce America's overreliance on fossil fuels, believing that it compromised the economy and national security.

[1] On July 8, 2013, it was announced that McGinn would be nominated by President Barack Obama to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, replacing Jackalyne Pfannenstiel.

[3] On April 12, 2018, it was announced that McGinn had been elected to a four-year term on the board of directors of the Electric Power Research Institute.