Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison CB, USN (May 10, 1867 – November 20, 1952) was a United States Navy officer whose service extended from the 1890s through the early 1930s.

He held several major commands during World War I, and from 1928 to 1931 served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.

[3] After finishing his academic studies at Annapolis he served the two years at sea as a passed naval cadet in USS Omaha on the Asiatic Station and was commissioned ensign July 1, 1890.

After a tour of duty in the Bureau of Engineering, he assumed command of Cincinnati (C-7), a unit of the Asiatic Fleet, on October 25, 1911.

On October 12, 1915, he assumed command of USS South Carolina (BB-26) and held that post until after the United States entered World War I.

With USS Seattle (ACR-11) as his flagship, he commanded the United States Fleet during the year commencing August 1925.