BOAT PLATES (1919-1962)
The first known boat plates were issued in 1919, and they were issued in pairs.
Recent information on special classes and prefixes from Eric Tanner.
PRIVATE BOAT PLATES
Plates issued to private boats had numbering which started as 4 digits (all numeric), and then at or about 1955, prefix letters were used.
The prefix letters for passenger boats were A, B, E, F, H, and K.
1919Ed B
1920Ed B
1921
1922
1924Glenn Pierson
1926
1926Glenn Pierson
1927
1928
1929Glenn Pierson
1930
1930
1931
1932
1933
1933
1934
1935
1935
1936
1936
1937
1938
1938Ed B
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1943
1943/44
1944 BOAT TABS
1945
1946
1946
1947
1947
1948
1948
1949
1949
1950
1950
1951
1951
1952
1952
1953
1953
1954
1954
1955
1955
1956
1956
1957
1957
1958
1958
1958
1958
1959
1959
1959
1960
1960
1960
1960
1960
1961
1961
1961
1961
1962
1962
1962David Doernberg
1962
1962 was the last year NJ issued boat plates.
Stickers were used for boat registration starting sometime after this - the earliest known sticker is 1973.
"C" PREFIX
We suspect that these plates were issued to boats that carried passengers. Sort of like a commercial boat or a boat-for-hire.
No three-digit numbers have been seen with the C prefix, meaning a small number (less than 90) were issued every year.
1925Glenn Pierson
1929
1930
1949
1951
1956repaint-wrong colors
1957
1959
"D" PREFIX - BOAT DEALER
1959Lee Madigan
1960Ross Day
1960
1962
"NF" PREFIX - NO FEE (EXEMPT)
"O" PREFIX
The O prefix may have been used for rental (U-drive) boats
1956
1962
1962
