PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with PCJ were assigned by the US Coast Guard to PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC of SOUTH EL MONTE, CA. 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
PCJ
Location
SOUTH EL MONTE, CA
In business
since 1981
Status
Listed active in USCG records
PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC built hulls across both HIN eras (1981–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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PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC HIN FAQ
What does a PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "PCJ" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC built hulls across both HIN eras (1981–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 PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC still in business?
USCG records list PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC of SOUTH EL MONTE, CA in the MIC database (registered 1981).
How do I decode the year on a PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC built hulls across both HIN eras (1981–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, "PLACE CRAFT BY HAMILTON INC HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/pcj, last verified 2026-06-12.