CRUISER SPORTS SERIES HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with KCS were assigned by the US Coast Guard to CRUISER SPORTS SERIES of OCONTO, WI. 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
KCS
Location
OCONTO, WI
In business
since 2012
Status
Listed active in USCG records
Parent company
KCS INTERNATIONAL INC
CRUISER SPORTS SERIES hulls (2012–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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CRUISER SPORTS SERIES HIN FAQ
What does a CRUISER SPORTS SERIES HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "KCS" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to CRUISER SPORTS SERIES — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. CRUISER SPORTS SERIES hulls (2012–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is CRUISER SPORTS SERIES still in business?
USCG records list CRUISER SPORTS SERIES of OCONTO, WI in the MIC database (registered 2012), associated with KCS INTERNATIONAL INC.
How do I decode the year on a CRUISER SPORTS SERIES HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. CRUISER SPORTS SERIES hulls (2012–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, "CRUISER SPORTS SERIES HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/kcs, last verified 2026-06-12.