<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-19-023714.txt : 20191230
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20191230172413
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-19-023714
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191220
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191230
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191230

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hudson Daniel A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001797578

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06311
		FILM NUMBER:		191317455

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6002 ROGERDALE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77072

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TIDEWATER INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000098222
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400]
		IRS NUMBER:				720487776
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6002 ROGERDALE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77072
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7134705300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6002 ROGERDALE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77072

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TIDEWATER MARINE SERVICE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19780724
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    <periodOfReport>2019-12-20</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>TIDEWATER INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>Hudson Daniel A.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>6002 ROGERDALE ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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            <officerTitle>VP and General Counsel</officerTitle>
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        <footnote id="F1">Consists of 9,118 time-based RSUs.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Hope M. Spencer as Agent and Attorney-in-Fact for Daniel A. Hudson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-12-30</signatureDate>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned (the &#8220;Reporting Person&#8221;) hereby constitutes and appoints each of Darren J. Vorst, Vice President and
      Treasurer of Tidewater Corporate Services, L.L.C., or any of their successors in office, and Curtis R. Hearn and Hope M. Spencer, or any of them acting individually, and
        with full power of substitution and re-substitution, the undersigned&#8217;s true&#160; and lawful attorney&#8209;in&#8209;fact (each of such persons and their substitutes being referred to herein as the &#8220;Attorney-in-Fact&#8221;), with full power to act for the Reporting
        Person and in the Reporting Person&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:</div>
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              <div style="margin-left: 18pt;">1.</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange
                  Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the Reporting Person to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or
                  considered by the Attorney-in-Fact to be advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) or any rule or regulation of the SEC;</div>
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              <div style="margin-left: 18pt;">2.</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Prepare, execute, and submit to the SEC, Tidewater Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), and/or any national securities exchange on which the Company&#8217;s
                securities are listed any and all reports (including any amendments thereto) the Reporting Person is required to file with the SEC, or which the Attorney-in-Fact considers it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of
                the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (&#8220;Rule 144&#8221;), with respect to any security of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144; and</div>
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              <div style="margin-left: 18pt;">3.</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such Attorney-in-Fact, may be of benefit
                to, and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person, it being understood that the documents executed by such Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
                and shall contain such items and conditions as such Attorney-in-Fact may approve in such Attorney-in-Fact&#8217;s discretion.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">The Reporting Person hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or
      advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes,
      shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Power of Attorney. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing Attorneys-in-Fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the Reporting Person, are not assuming, nor is the
      Company assuming, any of the Reporting Person's responsibilities to comply with Sections 13 or 16 of the Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 144.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the Reporting Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5, Schedules 13D and 13G,
      or Form 144 with respect to the Reporting Person&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing Attorneys-in-Fact.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">Date: December 18, 2019&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; /s/ Daniel A. Hudson</div>
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