Exhibit 32.2

                    PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

     In  connection  with the Annual  Report of CalPetro  Tankers  (Bahamas   I)
Limited (the  "Company") on Form 20-F for the annual  period ended  December 31,
2003, as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the "SEC") on or
about the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Kate Blankenship,  Principal Financial
Officer and  Secretary of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section
1350,  as adopted  pursuant  to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
that:

     (1)  The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Company.

     A signed  original  of this  written  statement  has been  provided  to the
Company and will be retained  by the  Company  and  furnished  to the SEC or its
staff upon request.

Date: June 8, 2004

/s/ Kate Blankenship
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Principal Financial Officer