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Success! FBT16328B989 is of the standard HIN type called Current-Format HIN. If you are buying this boat/craft then you should get the Boat-Alert History for 19.99$ from this certified boat history report provider.

FBT = Freedom Boat Works Llc (Out of Business)
16328 = Boat Serial Number
B9 = Manufactured February 1989
89 = Model year 1989

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The HIN or CIN you have entered meets the Current-Format HIN format. It might also be a type that contains the country code and thus the boat comes from USA or Other . The serial number of the HIN is 16328 and is set by the boat builder. This boat or vessel has a Certification Date of (1989) and a Model Year of 1989 with month of build (February) based on the formatting of your hull_identification_number (HIN) .

The manufacturer identification code (MIC) of your craft identification number (CIN or HIN) is FBT. This MIC (FBT) stands for the company name Freedom Boat Works Llc which is currently Out of Business. This boat manufacturer has other company names (FBT sometimes goes by these name(s) Forester Boats Inc (oob), Fbc Inc, Diversified Products, or ). This could happen if the US Coast Guard reissued the MIC to a new company after one went out of business.

This company (Freedom Boat Works Llc) is owned by Arthur W Kelly 111 and is located at Po Box 486 in Elizabeth state of Co. It manufactured this vessel and placed your HIN or CIN on the hull. This Boat maker is not owned by a parent company. Freedom Boat Works Llc has started making boats, yachts or other watercraft as of 6/11/2008 and went out of business on (8/19/2009) in the following country: USA.

The Model Name is uncertain for this Freedom Boat Works Llc (FBT16328B989). But we have approximations: 166PHANTN or V160 I/O or V160 or 1800 DIVA or M9252000 or PHANTOM or 1800 DIVA GT or 166 Sport.

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The US Coast guard provides this comment about this watercraft manufacturer: Old Address: 6611 Fallbrook. Per Imtec Program 1993, Address Change; Was 25900 Fallbrook Ave, Wyoming Mn 55092, (612)462-4526. 12/17/96 Mail Returned No Forwarding Address - Phone Disconnected. 990223 Assets Acquired By Forester Pontoon Boats (fqp). Forester Boats Inc Of Sauk Rapids, Mn From '72 To '96. 081909 Mic Status Changed To Oob Per Ppg. Mkb.

UsedHINFBT16328B989
IsValidYes
IsValidMICYes
HINTypeCurrent
SerialNo16328
Year1989
IsStateIssuedNo
CompanyFreedom Boat Works Llc
CompanyStatusOut of Business
CompanyAddressElizabeth Co Po Box 486
WebsiteWww.freedomboatworks.net

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We did a search and no U.S. Official Documentation Number for FBT16328B989 was found at the USCG.
We searched the Official Transport Canada database and FBT16328B989 did not have a match.

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