DANS BOATBUILDING HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with DBD were assigned by the US Coast Guard to DANS BOATBUILDING of PORT ST LUCIE, FL. The builder is listed in the USCG MIC database. Enter the full 12-character HIN below for build date, model year, and serial — free, no account.
MIC
DBD
Location
PORT ST LUCIE, FL
In business
since 2014
Status
Listed active in USCG records
DANS BOATBUILDING hulls (2014–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Free · no account · the HIN is on the transom, upper starboard (right) corner
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DANS BOATBUILDING HIN FAQ
What does a DANS BOATBUILDING HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "DBD" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to DANS BOATBUILDING — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. DANS BOATBUILDING hulls (2014–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is DANS BOATBUILDING still in business?
USCG records list DANS BOATBUILDING of PORT ST LUCIE, FL in the MIC database (registered 2014).
How do I decode the year on a DANS BOATBUILDING HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. DANS BOATBUILDING hulls (2014–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits. Enter the full 12-character HIN above and the decoder works it out, including the legacy formats.
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Sources: USCG Manufacturer Identification Code database (uscgboating.org, refreshed monthly) · HIN format per 33 CFR 181 subpart C. Cite this page: CarWhere, "DANS BOATBUILDING HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/dbd, last verified 2026-06-12.