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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-23-001656
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230228
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230214

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DIANA SHIPPING INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001318885
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32458
		FILM NUMBER:		23629078

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PENDELIS 16
		STREET 2:		175 64 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		30-210-947-0100

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		STREET 1:		PENDELIS 16
		STREET 2:		175 64 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">FORM 6-K</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C.&#160; 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">For the month of February 2023</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC.</div>
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    <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</div>
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    <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Form 20-F [X]&#160; &#160; &#160;&#160; Form 40-F [&#160; ]</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.4pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release dated February 14, 2023 of
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    <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dated: February 14, 2023</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u>/s/ Anastassis Margaronis</u></div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ioannis Zafirakis</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">OF AN ULTRAMAX DRY BULK VESSEL</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">ATHENS, GREECE, February 14, 2023 &#8211; Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership
      and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement to acquire from an unaffiliated third party the m/v Nord Potomac, a 2016 built Ultramax dry bulk vessel of 63,379 dwt, for a purchase price of
      US$27.9 million. The Company anticipates to take delivery of the vessel by the beginning of April 2023.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Excluding the newly acquired vessel, Diana Shipping Inc.&#8217;s fleet currently consists of 41 dry bulk vessels (4 Newcastlemax, 10 Capesize, 5
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">About the Company</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Diana Shipping Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
      provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies,
      future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in the Company&#8217;s view, could cause actual results to differ materially
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      potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessel breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see the Company&#8217;s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete
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