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  States Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2023.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B>&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>NAUTICUS ROBOTICS, INC.</B></P>
  
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  Its Charter) </B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: top; width: 49%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: top; width: 49%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>85-1699753</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or Other Jurisdiction <BR>
  of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer <BR>
  Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>17146 Feathercraft
  Lane</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Suite 450</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Webster, Texas 77598</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>(281) 942-9069</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant&rsquo;s Principal Executive Offices)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Nauticus Robotics, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive
  Plan</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B><I>(Full title of the plan)</I></B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>Nicolaus
  Radford</B></FONT><B><BR>
  <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Director and Chief Executive Officer</FONT><BR>
  <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Nauticus Robotics, Inc.</FONT><BR>
  <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">17146 Feathercraft Lane, Suite 450</FONT><BR>
  <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Webster, TX 77598</FONT><BR>
  <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">(281) 942-9069</FONT></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center">(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>Michael Blankenship</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>Winston &amp; Strawn LLP</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>800 Capital Street, Suite 2400</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>Houston, TX 77002-2925</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Tel: (713) 651-2600</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
  &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth
  company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</FONT></TD>
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  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
  to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)
  PROSPECTUS</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1.</B></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Plan Information.*</B></FONT></P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 2. </B></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B></FONT></P>
  
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 97%; padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be delivered to plan participants in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;). In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<U>SEC</U>&rdquo;), either as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &ldquo;<U>Registration Statement</U>&rdquo;) or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 3. </B></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>&nbsp;<B>.</B></FONT></P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (the &ldquo;<U>Registrant</U>&rdquo;)
  is incorporating by reference into this Registration Statement the filings listed below and any additional documents that the Registrant
  may file with the SEC pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Exchange
  Act</U>&rdquo;), after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
  that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, except the Registrant is
  not incorporating by reference any information furnished (but not filed) under Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report
  on Form 8-K and corresponding information furnished under Item&nbsp;9.01 as an exhibit thereto:</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the prospectus dated August
  11, 2022, filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the registration statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022004537/fs42022_cleantech.htm">Form S-4</A>,
  originally filed with the SEC on January 31, 2022, as amended (other than those portions of such proxy statement/prospectus not deemed
  to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; with the SEC);</FONT></TD>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly
  Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022028634/f10q0322_cleantechacq.htm">March 31, 2022</A> (filed with the SEC on May 20, 2022), for the fiscal quarter ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022048053/f10q0622_cleantechacq.htm">June 30, 2022</A> (filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022), and for the fiscal quarter ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022072336/f10q0922_nauticusrobo.htm">September 30, 2022</A> (filed with the SEC on November
  14, 2022);</FONT></TD>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the Registrant&rsquo;s Current
  Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022005237/ea154882-8k425_cleantech.htm">February 3, 2022</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022015813/ea156789-8k_cleantech.htm">March 29, 2022</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022031390/ea161184-8k425_cleantech.htm">June 6, 2022</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022040352/ea163073-8k_cleantech.htm">July 19, 2022</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022048091/ea164378-8k_cleantech.htm">August 15, 2022</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022054213/ea165396-8k_cleantech.htm">September 6, 2022</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022056286/ea165514-8k_nauticus.htm">September 15, 2022</A> (other than those portions of the Current Reports not deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; with the SEC); and</FONT></TD>
  </TR></TABLE>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the description of the Registrant&rsquo;s
  shares of common stock and warrants contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022056286/ea165514-8k_nauticus.htm">Form 8-K</A> filed with the SEC on September 15,
  2022, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.</FONT></TD>
  </TR></TABLE>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in this Registration
  Statement, or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
  modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 4. </B></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description of Securities.</B></FONT></P>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 5. </B></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></FONT></P>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 6. </B></FONT> <B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B> &nbsp;</P>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Subsection
  (a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (referred to as the &ldquo;DGCL&rdquo;) empowers a corporation
  to indemnify any person who was or is a party or who is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
  suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
  by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
  request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
  enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
  incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
  had no reasonable cause to believe the person&rsquo;s conduct was unlawful. </FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Subsection
  (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
  pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
  the person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably
  incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
  manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification
  shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
  unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
  that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled
  to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. </FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Section 145
  further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense
  of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein,
  such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
  connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the
  indemnified party may be entitled; and the indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized
  or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such
  person&rsquo;s heirs, executors and administrators. Section 145 also empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
  of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
  as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability
  asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
  corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section 145. </FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Section 102(b)(7)
  of the DGCL provides that a corporation&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal
  liability of a director or an officer to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
  or an officer, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or an officer (i) for any breach
  of the director&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
  faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction
  from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit, and provided further that such provision shall not eliminate
  or limit the liability of an officer in any action by or in the right of the corporation. </FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Our second
  amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and other agents
  to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL, and our amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors, officers,
  employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL. </FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">In addition,
  we entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. These agreements require us to indemnify these individuals
  to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to us, and to advance
  expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. We intend to enter into indemnification
  agreements with our future directors.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></P>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 8.
  Exhibits</B><B>.</B></FONT></P>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 9%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Exhibit No.</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 90%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Description</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022056286/ea165514ex3-5_nautics.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Second Amended &amp; Restated Certificate of Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 15, 2022).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390022056286/ea165514ex3-6_nautics.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 15, 2022).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390021035814/ea143730ex4-2_cleantechacq.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on July 6, 2021). </FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390021037787/ea144265ex4-1_cleantech.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Warrant Agreement, dated July 14, 2021, by and between CleanTech Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 21, 2021).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="ea171903ex4-5_nauticus.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Nauticus Robotics, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan (filed herewith).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="ea171903ex5-1_nauticus.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Winston &amp; Strawn LLP (filed herewith).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea171903ex23-1_nauticus.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. (filed herewith).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="ea171903ex23-2_nauticus.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Whitley Penn LLP (filed herewith).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="ea171903ex5-1_nauticus.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Winston &amp; Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="#poa_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="ea171903ex-fee_nauticus.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filing Fee Table (filed herewith).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt"><B></B>&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(1) To file, during any period in which offers
  or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 1in">(i) to include any prospectus required
  by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) to reflect in the prospectus
  any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
  which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
  the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
  that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
  form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
  aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
  in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement; and</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii) to include any material information
  with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information
  in the registration statement;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>provided, however</I>, that:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">Paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply
  if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished
  to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in
  the registration statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering
  thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(3) To remove from registration by means of
  a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability
  under the Securities Act to any purchaser:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) Each prospectus filed by a Registrant
  pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part
  of and included in the registration statement; and</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) Each prospectus required to be
  filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering
  made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities
  Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is
  first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As
  provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed
  to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus
  relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. <I>Provided</I>,
  <I>however</I>, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in
  a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
  statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that
  was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately
  prior to such effective date.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability
  of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
  undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless
  of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means
  of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or
  sell such securities to such purchaser:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) Any preliminary prospectus or
  prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating
  to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii) The portion of any other free
  writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
  by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iv) Any other communication that
  is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(6) That, for purposes of determining any liability
  under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
  where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
  incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
  or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
  in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
  than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
  securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
  the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
  in the City of Webster, State of Texas on January 20, 2023<B>. </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Nauticus Robotics, Inc.</FONT></TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">/s/ Nicolaus Radford</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 35%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Nicolaus Radford</FONT></TD>
      </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: </FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer &amp; Director</FONT></TD>
      </TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><A NAME="poa_001"></A><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
  whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Nicolaus Radford and M. Dilshad Kasmani, as such person&rsquo;s true and lawful
  attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead,
  in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Registrant and any subsequent
  registration statements related thereto pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 (and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments
  thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and generally to
  do all such things in their names and behalf in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the registrant to comply with the
  provisions of the Securities Act and all requirements of the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full
  power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
  to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 32%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 32%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Capacity
      in Which Signed</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 32%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Nicolaus Radford</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer
      and Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">January 20, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Nicolaus Radford </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;/s/
      Rangan Padmanabhan</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">January 20, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Rangan Padmanabhan</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial and
      Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;/s/ Lisa Porter</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">January 20, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lisa Porter </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;/s/ Mark Mey</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">January 20, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mark Mey </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;/s/ Jim Bellingham</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">January 20, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jim Bellingham </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;/s/ Adam Sharkawy</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">January 20, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Adam Sharkawy </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;/s/ John W. Gibson, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">January 20, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">John W. Gibson, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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text: As filed with the United
  States Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2023.
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  NAUTICUS ROBOTICS, INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
  Its Charter)
  Delaware
  85-1699753
  (State or Other Jurisdiction
  of Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  17146 Feathercraft
  Lane
  Suite 450
  Webster, Texas 77598
  (281) 942-9069
  (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
  Nauticus Robotics, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive
  Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Nicolaus
  Radford
  Director and Chief Executive Officer
  Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
  17146 Feathercraft Lane, Suite 450
  Webster, TX 77598
  (281) 942-9069
  (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  Copies to:
  Michael Blankenship
  Winston & Strawn LLP
  800 Capital Street, Suite 2400
  Houston, TX 77002-2925
  Tel: (713) 651-2600
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
  "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth
  company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
  Large accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☒
  Smaller reporting company
  ☒
  Emerging growth company
  ☒
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
  to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act
  ☐
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
  PROSPECTUS
  Item 1.
  Plan Information.*
  Item 2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
  *
  The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be delivered to plan participants in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
  Securities Act
  "). In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
  SEC
  "), either as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "
  Registration Statement
  ") or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  .
  Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (the "
  Registrant
  ")
  is incorporating by reference into this Registration Statement the filings listed below and any additional documents that the Registrant
  may file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
  Exchange
  Act
  "), after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
  that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, except the Registrant is
  not incorporating by reference any information furnished (but not filed) under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report
  on Form 8-K and corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01 as an exhibit thereto:
  ●
  the prospectus dated August
  11, 2022, filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the registration statement on
  Form S-4
  ,
  originally filed with the SEC on January 31, 2022, as amended (other than those portions of such proxy statement/prospectus not deemed
  to be "filed" with the SEC);
  ●
  the Registrant's Quarterly
  Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
  March 31, 2022
  (filed with the SEC on May 20, 2022), for the fiscal quarter ended
  June 30, 2022
  (filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022), and for the fiscal quarter ended
  September 30, 2022
  (filed with the SEC on November
  14, 2022);
  ●
  the Registrant's Current
  Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
  February 3, 2022
  ,
  March 29, 2022
  ,
  June 6, 2022
  ,
  July 19, 2022
  ,
  August 15, 2022
  ,
  September 6, 2022
  , and
  September 15, 2022
  (other than those portions of the Current Reports not deemed to be "filed" with the SEC); and
  ●
  the description of the Registrant's
  shares of common stock and warrants contained in the Registrant's Current Report on
  Form 8-K
  filed with the SEC on September 15,
  2022, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.
  Any statement contained in this Registration
  Statement, or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
  modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
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  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Subsection
  (a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (referred to as the "DGCL") empowers a corporation
  to indemnify any person who was or is a party or who is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
  suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
  by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
  request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
  enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
  incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
  had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful.
  Subsection
  (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
  pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
  the person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
  incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
  manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification
  shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
  unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
  that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled
  to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
  Section 145
  further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense
  of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein,
  such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
  connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the
  indemnified party may be entitled; and the indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized
  or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such
  person's heirs, executors and administrators. Section 145 also empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
  of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
  as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability
  asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
  corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section 145.
  Section 102(b)(7)
  of the DGCL provides that a corporation's certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal
  liability of a director or an officer to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
  or an officer, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or an officer (i) for any breach
  of the director's or officer's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
  faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction
  from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit, and provided further that such provision shall not eliminate
  or limit the liability of an officer in any action by or in the right of the corporation.
  Our second
  amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and other agents
  to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL, and our amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors, officers,
  employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL.
  In addition,
  we entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. These agreements require us to indemnify these individuals
  to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to us, and to advance
  expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. We intend to enter into indemnification
  agreements with our future directors.
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  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits
  .
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Second Amended & Restated Certificate of Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 15, 2022).
  4.2
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 15, 2022).
  4.3
  Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on July 6, 2021).
  4.4
  Warrant Agreement, dated July 14, 2021, by and between CleanTech Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 21, 2021).
  4.5
  Nauticus Robotics, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan (filed herewith).
  5.1
  Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP (filed herewith).
  23.1
  Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. (filed herewith).
  23.2
  Consent of Whitley Penn LLP (filed herewith).
  23.3
  Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
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  Filing Fee Table (filed herewith).
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers
  or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) to include any prospectus required
  by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) to reflect in the prospectus
  any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
  which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
  the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
  that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
  form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
  aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
  in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
  (iii) to include any material information
  with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information
  in the registration statement;
  provided, however
  , that:
  Paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply
  if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished
  to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in
  the registration statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering
  thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of
  a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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  (4) That, for the purpose of determining liability
  under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
  (i) Each prospectus filed by a Registrant
  pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part
  of and included in the registration statement; and
  (ii) Each prospectus required to be
  filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering
  made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities
  Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is
  first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As
  provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed
  to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus
  relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  Provided
  ,
  however
  , that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in
  a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
  statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that
  was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately
  prior to such effective date.
  (5) That, for the purpose of determining liability
  of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
  undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless
  of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means
  of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or
  sell such securities to such purchaser:
  (i) Any preliminary prospectus or
  prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
  (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating
  to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
  (iii) The portion of any other free
  writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
  by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
  (iv) Any other communication that
  is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
  (6) That, for purposes of determining any liability
  under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
  where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
  incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
  or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
  in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
  than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
  securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
  the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
  in the City of Webster, State of Texas on January 20, 2023
  .
  Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
  /s/ Nicolaus Radford
  Name:
  Nicolaus Radford
  Title:
  Chief Executive Officer & Director
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
  whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Nicolaus Radford and M. Dilshad Kasmani, as such person's true and lawful
  attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead,
  in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Registrant and any subsequent
  registration statements related thereto pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 (and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments
  thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and generally to
  do all such things in their names and behalf in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the registrant to comply with the
  provisions of the Securities Act and all requirements of the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full
  power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
  to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  Signature
  Capacity
      in Which Signed
  Date
  /s/
      Nicolaus Radford
  Chief Executive Officer
      and Director
  January 20, 2023
  Nicolaus Radford
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/
      Rangan Padmanabhan
  Chief Financial Officer
  January 20, 2023
  Rangan Padmanabhan
  (Principal Financial and
      Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Lisa Porter
  Chairman of the Board
  January 20, 2023
  Lisa Porter
  /s/ Mark Mey
  Director
  January 20, 2023
  Mark Mey
  /s/ Jim Bellingham
  Director
  January 20, 2023
  Jim Bellingham
  /s/ Adam Sharkawy
  Director
  January 20, 2023
  Adam Sharkawy
  /s/ John W. Gibson, Jr.
  Director
  January 20, 2023
  John W. Gibson, Jr.
  /s/ Joseph W. Dyer
  Director
  January 20, 2023
  Joseph W. Dyer
  /s/ Eli Spiro
  Director
  January 20, 2023
  Eli Spiro
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