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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-19-002473
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190319
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190319

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Performance Shipping Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001481241
		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:	001-35025
		FILM NUMBER:		19690399

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PENDELIS 18
		STREET 2:		17564 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			17564
		BUSINESS PHONE:		302166002400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PENDELIS 18
		STREET 2:		17564 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			17564

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Diana Containerships Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100115
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times,
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">For the month of March 2019</font></div>
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        </font>(Translation of registrant's name into English)</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 13.7pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">PERFORMANCE SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES THE FILING OF ITS</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">ATHENS, GREECE, March 19, 2019 &#8211; Performance Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: DCIX), (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), a global shipping company
        specializing in the ownership of containerships, today announced that on March 18, 2019 it filed its 2018 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Annual Report is available for download on the
        Company&#8217;s website, <u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-transform:
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Performance Shipping Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership of
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