: the port from which a ship hails or from which it is documented
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Megan Dubois, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
In the coming months, the U.S. Navy plans to homeport the USS Minnesota on Guam.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
Megan Dubois, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Based out of smaller home ports such as Greenport on Long Island, the Picket Force flotilla was known informally as the Corsair Fleet or, sometimes, the Hooligan Navy, an unsubtle nod to the ragtag collection of mariners at its core.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Starting this year, Disney Cruise Line will homeport in Singapore for the first time with the launch of the Disney Adventure.
—Megan Dubois, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
In the coming months, the U.S. Navy plans to homeport the USS Minnesota on Guam.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
Disney has also announced a cruise ship being built in partnership with Tokyo Disneyland’s operating partner, Oriental Land Co. Ltd., which will home port in Japan.
—Megan Dubois, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Based out of smaller home ports such as Greenport on Long Island, the Picket Force flotilla was known informally as the Corsair Fleet or, sometimes, the Hooligan Navy, an unsubtle nod to the ragtag collection of mariners at its core.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Homeport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeport. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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