noun
- the port where a ship is registered or based
Usage: nautical
verb
- to assign a ship to a particular port as its base
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The aircraft carrier's homeport is Norfolk, Virginia.
- After years at sea, the crew was excited to return to their homeport.
- The Navy decided to homeport the new destroyer in San Diego.
- Ships must return to their homeport for major maintenance.
- The fishing vessel was homeported in Boston Harbor.
- The Coast Guard will homeport three new cutters at the facility.