BAY WELDING SERVICES HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with EKJ were assigned by the US Coast Guard to BAY WELDING SERVICES of HOMER, AK. 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
EKJ
Location
HOMER, AK
In business
since 1997
Status
Listed active in USCG records
BAY WELDING SERVICES hulls (1997–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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BAY WELDING SERVICES HIN FAQ
What does a BAY WELDING SERVICES HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "EKJ" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to BAY WELDING SERVICES — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. BAY WELDING SERVICES hulls (1997–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is BAY WELDING SERVICES still in business?
USCG records list BAY WELDING SERVICES of HOMER, AK in the MIC database (registered 1997).
How do I decode the year on a BAY WELDING SERVICES HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. BAY WELDING SERVICES hulls (1997–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, "BAY WELDING SERVICES HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/ekj, last verified 2026-06-12.