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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-064864
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240311

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			C3is Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001951067
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1T
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		331 KIFISSIAS AVENUE
		STREET 2:		ERITHREA
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			14561
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-30-210-625-0001

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		331 KIFISSIAS AVENUE
		STREET 2:		ERITHREA
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			14561
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>C3is Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">331 Kifissias Avenue </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Erithrea
14561 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Athens, Greece </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">March&nbsp;11, 2024
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>VIA EDGAR </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of
Energy&nbsp;&amp; Transportation </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Re:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>C3is Inc.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1,</FONT> as amended (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-276868)</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Request for Acceleration of Effective Date</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To whom it may concern: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, C3is Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;) hereby respectfully
requests that the effective date of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-276868),</FONT> as amended, be accelerated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, on March&nbsp;13, 2024, or as soon thereafter as possible. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We request that we be notified
of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Finn Murphy of Goodwin Procter LLP at (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">459-7257</FONT> and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">C3is Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Diamantis Andriotis</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Diamantis Andriotis</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">cc:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Finn Murphy, <I>Goodwin Procter LLP</I></TD></TR>
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