PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with PAJ were assigned by the US Coast Guard to PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC of STURGEON BAY, 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
PAJ
Location
STURGEON BAY, WI
In business
since 1972
Status
Listed active in USCG records
PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC built hulls across both HIN eras (1972–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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PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC HIN FAQ
What does a PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "PAJ" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC built hulls across both HIN eras (1972–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 PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC still in business?
USCG records list PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC of STURGEON BAY, WI in the MIC database (registered 1972).
How do I decode the year on a PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC built hulls across both HIN eras (1972–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, "PALMER JOHNSON YACHTS LLC HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/paj, last verified 2026-06-12.