RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with ZRU were assigned by the US Coast Guard to RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING of NORTH VANCOUVER, BC. 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
ZRU
Location
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC
In business
since 1985
Status
Listed active in USCG records
RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING hulls (1985–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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RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING HIN FAQ
What does a RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "ZRU" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING hulls (1985–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING still in business?
USCG records list RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING of NORTH VANCOUVER, BC in the MIC database (registered 1985).
How do I decode the year on a RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING hulls (1985–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, "RANGER MARINE MANUFACTURING HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/zru, last verified 2026-06-12.