STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY HIN Decoder

Hull Identification Numbers beginning with PNY were assigned by the US Coast Guard to STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY of HARTSVILLE, SC. 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

PNY

Location

HARTSVILLE, SC

In business

since 1979

Status

Listed active in USCG records

STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY built hulls across both HIN eras (1979–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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STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY HIN FAQ

What does a STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY HIN look like?

It starts with the three characters "PNY" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY built hulls across both HIN eras (1979–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 STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY still in business?

USCG records list STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY of HARTSVILLE, SC in the MIC database (registered 1979).

How do I decode the year on a STINGRAY 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. STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY built hulls across both HIN eras (1979–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, "STINGRAY BOAT COMPANY HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/pny, last verified 2026-06-12.