NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with NDL were assigned by the US Coast Guard to NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY of TACOMA, WA. 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
NDL
Location
TACOMA, WA
In business
since 1975
Status
Listed active in USCG records
NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY built hulls across both HIN eras (1975–present): boats before August 1984 carry legacy straight-year or model-year date codes; later hulls use the current month-letter format. The decoder handles all three.
Free · no account · the HIN is on the transom, upper starboard (right) corner
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NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY HIN FAQ
What does a NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "NDL" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY built hulls across both HIN eras (1975–present): boats before August 1984 carry legacy straight-year or model-year date codes; later hulls use the current month-letter format. The decoder handles all three.
Is NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY still in business?
USCG records list NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY of TACOMA, WA in the MIC database (registered 1975).
How do I decode the year on a NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY built hulls across both HIN eras (1975–present): boats before August 1984 carry legacy straight-year or model-year date codes; later hulls use the current month-letter format. The decoder handles all three. 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, "NORDLUND BOAT COMPANY HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/ndl, last verified 2026-06-12.