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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-24-002395
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240430
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240405
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240405

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DIANA SHIPPING INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001318885
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32458
		FILM NUMBER:		24827176

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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		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; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">FORM 6-K</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C.&#160; 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; 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; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">For the month of April 2024</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Translation of registrant's name into English)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pendelis 16, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece</div>
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    <div style="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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        as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release dated April 5, 2024 of Diana Shipping Inc. (the "Company") announcing that it has&#160;</font>filed<font style="color: #000000;">&#160;its 2023&#160;</font>Annual<font style="color: #000000;">&#160;</font>Report<font style="color: #000000;">&#160;on Form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></div>
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    <div style="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 the undersigned,
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dated: April 5, 2024</div>
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">/s/ <font style="color: #000000;">Anastasios Margaronis</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-right: 2.8pt; margin-left: 5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font style="color: #000000;">ATHENS, GREECE, April 5, 2024 &#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 filed its 2023 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the United States
          Securities and Exchange Commission. The Annual Report is available for download on the Company's website, </font><font style="color: #0563C1;"><u>www.dianashippinginc.com. </u></font><font style="color: #000000;">Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of the Company&#8217;s complete Annual Report, which includes the Company&#8217;s 2023 audited financial statements, free of charge upon
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-right: 2.95pt; margin-left: 5pt; color: #000000; 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 vessels. The Company&#8217;s vessels are employed primarily on short to medium-term charters and transport a range of dry bulk cargoes, including such commodities as iron ore, coal, grain and other materials along
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