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                                                            December 21, 2018

Herbj rn Hansson
Chief Executive Officer
Nordic American Tankers Limited
LOM Building
27 Reid Street
Hamilton HM 11
Bermuda

       Re: Nordic American Tankers Limited
           Registration Statement on Form F-3
           Filed November 30, 2018
           File No. 333-228603

Dear Mr. Hansson:

       We have limited our review of your registration statement to those
issues we have
addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide
us with
information so we may better understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement
and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts
and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why
in your
response.

       After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the
information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

Form F-3 filed November 30, 2018

General

1.     Please confirm your understanding that you should clear any outstanding
SEC staff
       comments on your most recent Form 20-F before you request an
acceleration of
       effectiveness of this registration statement on Form F-3.
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
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Nordic American Tankers Limited
December 21, 2018
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time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

       Please contact John Stickel at 202-551-3324 or Susan Block at
202-551-3210 with any
questions.



FirstName LastNameHerbj rn Hansson                           Sincerely,
Comapany NameNordic American Tankers Limited
                                                             Division of
Corporation Finance
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