I don't get the exact meaning of "V number out of Tampa" in the following context from Hemingway's To Have and Have Not.
Freddy Wallace's boat, the Queen Conch, 34 feet long, with a V number out of Tampa, was painted white.
Freddy Wallace's boat, the Queen Conch, 34 feet long, with a V number out of Tampa, was painted white.
"V number out of Tampa" means that the boat is called V number out of Tampa? Tampa is a region? It is too difficult to understand...
