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SPECIMEN UNIT CERTIFICATE

     NUMBER                                                                UNITS
U-___________

 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN
       DEFINITIONS

                         STAR MARITIME ACQUISITION CORP.

                                                                           CUSIP

          UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AND ONE WARRANT
                   EACH TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

THIS CERTIFIES THAT ____________________________________________________________
is the owner of _________________________________________________________ Units.

Each Unit ("Unit") consists of one (1) share of common stock, par value $.0001
per share ("Common Stock"), of Star Maritime Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and one warrant (the "Warrants"). Each Warrant
entitles the holder to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock for $8.00 per
share (subject to adjustment). Each Warrant will become exercisable on the later
of (i) the Company's completion of a merger, capital stock exchange, asset
acquisition or other similar business combination or (ii) ______________, 2006
and will expire unless exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on
____________, 2009, or earlier upon redemption (the "Expiration Date"). The
Common Stock and Warrants comprising the Units represented by this certificate
are not transferable separately prior to the 20th day after the earlier to occur
of the expiration of the underwriters' over-allotment option or its exercise in
full. The terms of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of
_______, 2005, between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
as Warrant Agent, and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein,
all of which terms and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by
acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of
the Warrant Agent at 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038, and are available
to any Warrant holder on written request and without cost. This certificate is
not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the
Company.

Witness the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signature of its
duly authorized officers.

By
   ______________________________________   ____________________________________
                    Chairman of the Board   Secretary

                         STAR MARITIME ACQUISITION CORP.
                                    CORPORATE
                                      SEAL
                                      2005
                                    DELAWARE
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                         STAR MARITIME ACQUISITION CORP.

         The Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so
requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series
thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of
such preferences and/or rights.

         The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

         TEN COM  -  as tenants in common

         TEN ENT  -  as tenants by the entireties

         JT TEN   -  as joint tenants with right of survivorship
                     and not as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -  __________ Custodian ___________
                       (Cust)               (Minor)
                     under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                        Act _________________________
                                    (State)

Additional Abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

         For value received, ______________________ hereby sell, assign and
transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
_______________________________________
_______________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
  (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and
_______  Units _________________________________________________________________
appoint
_______________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer the said Units on the books of the within named Company with full
power of substitution in the premises.

Dated _________________

                               _____________________________________________
                               NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must
                                       correspond with the name as written upon
                                       the face of the certificate in every
                                       particular, without alteration or
                                       enlargement or any change whatever.

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Signature(s) Guaranteed:

________________________________________________________________________________
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION
(BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH
MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO
S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15).

                                       3SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE

NUMBER                                                                    SHARES
_______C

                         STAR MARITIME ACQUISITION CORP.

              INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

                                  COMMON STOCK

                                                                 SEE REVERSE FOR
                                                             CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

THIS CERTIFIES THA                                                        CUSIP

IS THE OWNER OF

            FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF
                       $.0001 EACH OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

                         STAR MARITIME ACQUISITION CORP.

  transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized
       attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This
          certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer
           Agent and registered by the Registrar. Witness the seal of
                 the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of
                          its duly authorized officers.

         Dated:

__________________________________            __________________________________
CHAIRMAN                                      SECRETARY

                         STAR MARITIME ACQUISITION CORP.
                                 CORPORATE SEAL
                                      2005
                                    DELAWARE

         The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

         TEN COM  -  as tenants in common

         TEN ENT  -  as tenants by the entireties

         JT TEN  -   as joint tenants with right of survivorship
                     and not as tenants in common
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UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -  ____________ Custodian ___________
                        (Cust)                (Minor)
                     under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                     Act ______________________________
                                   (State)

     Additional Abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

                         STAR MARITIME ACQUISITION CORP.

      The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so
requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the
Corporation and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights. This certificate and the shares represented thereby
are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation and all amendments thereto and resolutions of the Board of
Directors providing for the issue of shares of Preferred Stock (copies of which
may be obtained from the secretary of the Corporation), to all of which the
holder of this certificate by acceptance hereof assents.

      For value received, ___________________________ hereby sell, assign and
transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
              OTHER
   IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
__________________________________
__________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
  (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________shares
of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________________________________________
Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation
with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated __________________
                            ____________________________________________________
                            NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must
                                    correspond with the name as written upon the
                                    face of the certificate in every particular,
                                    without alteration or enlargement or any
                                    change whatever.

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Signature(s) Guaranteed:

________________________________________________________________________________
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION
(BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH
MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO
S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15).

The holder of this certificate shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust
fund only in the event of the Company's liquidation or if the holder seeks to
convert his respective shares into cash upon a business combination which he
voted against and which is actually completed by the Company. In no other
circumstances shall the holder have any right or interest of any kind in or to
the trust fund.

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