PANTERA POWERBOATS HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with PPA were assigned by the US Coast Guard to PANTERA POWERBOATS of Miami, FL. 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
PPA
Location
Miami, FL
In business
since 1994
Status
Listed active in USCG records
PANTERA POWERBOATS hulls (1994–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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PANTERA POWERBOATS HIN FAQ
What does a PANTERA POWERBOATS HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "PPA" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to PANTERA POWERBOATS — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. PANTERA POWERBOATS hulls (1994–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is PANTERA POWERBOATS still in business?
USCG records list PANTERA POWERBOATS of Miami, FL in the MIC database (registered 1994).
How do I decode the year on a PANTERA POWERBOATS HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. PANTERA POWERBOATS hulls (1994–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, "PANTERA POWERBOATS HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/ppa, last verified 2026-06-12.