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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G</submissionType>
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      <filer>
        <filerCredentials>
          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: Danaos Corp -->
          <cik>0001369241</cik>
          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
        </filerCredentials>
      </filer>
      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>


    </filerInfo>
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    <coverPageHeader>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>05/06/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001386716</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Star Bulk Carriers Corp.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>Y8162K204</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>C/O STAR BULK MANAGEMENT INC., 40 AGIOU</com:street1>
          <com:street2>KONSTANTINOU STR, MAROUSSI</com:street2>
          <com:city>ATHENS</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>J3</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>15124</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(c)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
      </designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
    </coverPageHeader>
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      <reportingPersonName>Danaos Corporation</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>1T</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>6130613.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>6130613.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>6130613.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.23</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>CO</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>*Based on 117,127,531 shares of common stock outstanding as of February 17, 2025, as reported in Star Bulk Carriers Corp's Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2025 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.</comments>
    </coverPageHeaderReportingPersonDetails>
    <items>
      <item1>
        <issuerName>Star Bulk Carriers Corp.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>C/O Star Bulk Management Inc., 40 Agiou Konstantinou Str, Maroussi Athens, Greece, 15124</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>Danaos Corporation, a Marshall Islands corporation.</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>c/o Danaos Shipping Company Limited
14 Akti Kondyli
185 45 Piraeus
Greece</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>See Item 2(a) above.</citizenship>
      </item2>
      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item3>
      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>The information in Item 1 and Items 5 through 11 on the cover pages of this Schedule 13G regarding ownership as of the date of this filing is incorporated herein by reference.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>The information in Item 1 and Items 5 through 11 on the cover pages of this Schedule 13G regarding ownership as of the date of this filing is incorporated herein by reference.</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>The information in Item 1 and Items 5 through 11 on the cover pages of this Schedule 13G regarding ownership asof the date of this filing is incorporated herein by reference.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>The information in Item 1 and Items 5 through 11 on the cover pages of this Schedule 13G regarding ownership as of the date of this filing is incorporated herein by reference.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>The information in Item 1 and Items 5 through 11 on the cover pages of this Schedule 13G regarding ownership as of the date of this filing is incorporated herein by reference.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>The information in Item 1 and Items 5 through 11 on the cover pages of this Schedule 13G regarding ownership as of the date of this filing is incorporated herein by reference.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
        </numberOfSharesPersonHas>
      </item4>
      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item5>
      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item6>
      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item7>
      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item8>
      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item9>
      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
      </item10>
    </items>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Danaos Corporation</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Evangelos Chatzis</signature>
        <title>Evangelos Chatzis/Chief Financial Officer</title>
        <date>05/09/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
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