**UNITED
STATES**
 **SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**
 WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
 
 **FORM
10-K/A**
 Amendment No. 1
 
 ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
 
 **The
Savannah Bancorp, Inc.**
 (Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 Georgia
    0-18560
    58-1861820State
      of Incorporation
    SEC
      File Number
    Tax
      I.D. Number

**25
      Bull Street, Savannah, GA  31401**(Address
      of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

**912-629-6486**(Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code)

N/A(Former
      name, former address and former fiscalyear,
      if changed since last report.)
  Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Exchange Act
 
 Common,
$1.00 Par Value  Nasdaq National
Market
 
 Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act: None
 
 Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days. Yes X No_
 
 Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [
]
 
 Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Act). Yes __ No _ X _
 
 The
aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity at June
30 , 2004
held by non-affiliates, based on the price of the last trade of $22.60 per share
times 3,117,735 non-affiliated shares, was $70,461,000.
 
 The
Registrant’s number of shares outstanding at February 28, 2005 was
4,153,320.
 
 APPLICABLE
ONLY TO CORPORATE REGISTRANTS
 
 As of
February 28, 2005, the registrant had outstanding 4,153,320 shares of common
stock.
 Portions
of the 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders of Registrant are incorporated in
Parts I, II and IV of this report. Portions of the Proxy Statement
of Registrant dated March 15, 2005 are incorporated in Part III of this
report.
 
 
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 **Explanatory
Note**
 
 Registrant is
filing this amendment on Form 10-K/A to its Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004 to replace the opinion letter of its independent registered
public accounting firm with an updated letter. The opinion letter as
originally filed inadvertently ommitted the conforming signature during the
Edgarizing process. Registrant had a signed independent registered public
accounting firm opinion letter on file at time of
filing. The revised opinion letter (Exhibit 23), which includes the
conforming signature, is included as part of this amendment.


**Signatures**
 
 Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on August 8, 2005
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 **THE SAVANNAH BANCORP,
INC.**
  
 By: /s/ G. Mike Odom,
Jr.
 G. Mike Odom,
Jr.
 Chief Executive
Officer
 (Principal
Executive Officer)
 
 By: /s/ John
C. Helmken II
 John C. Helmken II
 President
 
 By: /s/ Robert B.
Briscoe
 Robert B. Briscoe
 Chief
Financial Officer
 (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)