MERCURY BOAT COMPANY HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with NLL were assigned by the US Coast Guard to MERCURY BOAT COMPANY of ONTARIO, OR. 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
NLL
Location
ONTARIO, OR
In business
since 1996
Status
Listed active in USCG records
MERCURY BOAT COMPANY hulls (1996–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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MERCURY BOAT COMPANY HIN FAQ
What does a MERCURY BOAT COMPANY HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "NLL" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to MERCURY BOAT COMPANY — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. MERCURY BOAT COMPANY hulls (1996–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is MERCURY BOAT COMPANY still in business?
USCG records list MERCURY BOAT COMPANY of ONTARIO, OR in the MIC database (registered 1996).
How do I decode the year on a MERCURY 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. MERCURY BOAT COMPANY hulls (1996–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, "MERCURY BOAT COMPANY HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/nll, last verified 2026-06-12.