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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-10-092281
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20101007
FILED AS OF DATE:		20101008
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20101008

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			StealthGas Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001328919
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1T
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51559
		FILM NUMBER:		101115962

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		331 KIFISSIAS AVENUE
		STREET 2:		ERITHREA 14561
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		30 210 625 2849

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		331 KIFISSIAS AVENUE
		STREET 2:		ERITHREA 14561
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 6-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">For the month of October&nbsp;2010.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Commission File Number 000-51559
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>STEALTHGAS INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English)</DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">331 Kifissias Avenue Erithrea 14561 Athens, Greece<BR>
(Address of principal executive office)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Form&nbsp;20-F <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form&nbsp;40-F <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation&nbsp;S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1): <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation&nbsp;S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7): <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Election of Director</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On October&nbsp;1, 2010, John G. Kostoyannis was appointed as an independent member of the board of
directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of StealthGas Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) and to each of the Board&#146;s audit
committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee effective as of
such date. Mr.&nbsp;Kostoyannis, age 43, has been Managing Director of Allied Shipbrokers based in
Piraeus, Greece since September&nbsp;2001. Prior to joining Allied Shipbrokers, Mr.&nbsp;Kostoyannis worked
in various chartering and ship broking firms in the United Kingdom and Greece. He graduated from
the City of London Polytechnic in 1988, where he studied Shipping and Economics.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With the appointment of Mr.&nbsp;Kostoyannis as an independent director, the Company is in
compliance with NASDAQ and Securities and Exchange Commission audit committee composition
requirements and NASDAQ Listing Rule&nbsp;5605, which requires a listed company to have a majority of
independent directors on its board of directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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, thereunto duly authorized.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date: October&nbsp;7, 2010
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">STEALTHGAS INC.<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;Andrew J. Simmons</TD>
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    <TD align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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