AQUASCAN INC. HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with XIW were assigned by the US Coast Guard to AQUASCAN INC. of FORT LAUDERDALE, 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
XIW
Location
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
In business
since 1996
Status
Listed active in USCG records
AQUASCAN INC. hulls (1996–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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AQUASCAN INC. HIN FAQ
What does a AQUASCAN INC. HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "XIW" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to AQUASCAN INC. — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. AQUASCAN INC. hulls (1996–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is AQUASCAN INC. still in business?
USCG records list AQUASCAN INC. of FORT LAUDERDALE, FL in the MIC database (registered 1996).
How do I decode the year on a AQUASCAN INC. HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. AQUASCAN INC. hulls (1996–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, "AQUASCAN INC. HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/xiw, last verified 2026-06-12.