---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 187.103"
title: "33"
number: "187.103"
heading: "What information must be collected to identify a vessel?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/187.103"
---

# §187.103. What information must be collected to identify a vessel?


A participating State must collect the following information on a vessel it has numbered or titled and make it available to VIS:

- (a) **Manufacturer's hull identification number, if any.**
- (b) **Official number, if any, assigned by the Coast Guard or its predecessor.**
- (c) **Number on certificate of number assigned by the issuing authority of the State.**
- (d) **Expiration date of certificate of number.**
- (e) **Number previously issued by an issuing authority.**
- (f) **Make and model of vessel.**
- (g) **Model year.**
- (h) **Overall length of vessel.**
- (i) **Vessel type—** Authorized terms are “air boat”, “auxiliary sail”, “cabin motorboat”, “houseboat”, “inflatable boat”, “open motorboat”, “paddlecraft”, “personal watercraft”, “pontoon boat”, “rowboat”, “sail only”, or “other”.
- (j) **Hull material—** Authorized terms are “aluminum”, “fiberglass”, “plastic”, “rubber/vinyl/canvas”, “steel”, “wood”, or “other”.
- (k) **Propulsion type—** Authorized terms are “air thrust”, “manual”, “propeller”, “sail”, “water jet”, or “other”.
- (l) **Engine drive type—** Authorized terms are “inboard”, “outboard”, “pod drive”, “sterndrive”, or ”other”.
- (m) **Fuel—** Authorized terms are “electric”, “diesel”, “gas”, or “other”.
- (n) **Primary operation—** Authorized terms are, “charter fishing”, “commercial fishing”, “commercial passenger carrying”, “dealer or manufacturer demonstration”, “other commercial operation”, “pleasure”, or “rent or lease”.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14963, 77 FR 18704, Mar. 28, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 12501, 31322; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92).

### Source

Source: USCG-1999-6420, 66 FR 15630, Mar. 20, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14963, 77 FR 18704, Mar. 28, 2012]