TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with TZP were assigned by the US Coast Guard to TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC of PORT TOWNSEND, WA. 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
TZP
Location
PORT TOWNSEND, WA
In business
since 2001
Status
Listed active in USCG records
TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC hulls (2001–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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TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC HIN FAQ
What does a TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "TZP" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC hulls (2001–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC still in business?
USCG records list TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC of PORT TOWNSEND, WA in the MIC database (registered 2001).
How do I decode the year on a TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC hulls (2001–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, "TOWNSEND BAY MARINE, LLC HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/tzp, last verified 2026-06-12.