homeport
verb
home·port
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homeported;
homeporting;
homeports
Definition of homeport
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to provide with or assign to a home port
home port
nounDefinition of home port (Entry 2 of 2)
: the port from which a ship hails or from which it is documented
Examples of homeport in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Panorama will be the first new ship to homeport in Southern California in more than two decades. — Rosemary Mcclure, Los Angeles Times, "More ships will sail from Southern California to Mexico starting in fall," 16 Aug. 2019 The Munro, homeported in Alameda, in Northern California, is tasked with seizing drugs in international waters. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Pence praises Coast Guard drug seizure efforts and criticizes immigration system during San Diego visit," 12 July 2019 Carnival Fantasy, which is homeported in Mobile, remains on its regular schedule and is set to arrive this weekend in Mobile. — al.com, "Carnival re-routes New Orleans-bound cruise ship to Mobile," 11 July 2019 The ship will be homeported in Seattle for the summer season and is the largest to dock on the West Coast at 1,138-feet long. — Greg Gilbert, The Seattle Times, "Take a peek aboard a new arrival in Seattle for the Alaskan cruise fleet," 31 May 2019 So in the winter, 14 vessels started homeporting in San Juan â four more than the previous season. — Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, "Two monster hurricanes battered these Caribbean islands. Now, theyâre back in business | Miami Herald," 16 Apr. 2018 Beginning in November, the ship will homeport in Miami's new Terminal A, sailing south on seven-night eastern and western Caribbean itineraries. — Rosemary Mcclure, latimes.com, "World's biggest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, will set sail in Europe," 29 Mar. 2018 Plans call for an additional 15 ships to be homeported here by 2025 â bringing the total from 57 to 72. — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Rancho Bernardo, "Experts discuss economy at annual 'State of the Region'," 28 Feb. 2018 The Navy's Philippine Sea is a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser homeported in Mayport, Florida; the Coast Guard's Jacob Poroo is a Sentinel-class fast response cutter assigned to Pascagoula. — AL.com, "Mobile welcomes two Mardi Gras ships," 6 Feb. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida, will serve as the Indianapolisâ home port. — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, "Navy to commission USS Indianapolis combat ship this fall," 19 July 2019 The boatâs home port is Kodiak, Alaska, but Captain Shaun Andrews and his crew were kind enough to take a trip south to pick us up. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, "We Tried it: Tracing a Natural, Sustainable Pet Food to Its Source Out in Alaska's Bering Sea," 25 June 2019 In the digital domain, CMA CGMâs home port of Marseille will soon become the French connection for the globe-circling undersea cable network being built by Huawei Marine Networks Co. Ltd. — Christopher R. O'dea, National Review, "How China Weaponized the Global Supply Chain," 20 June 2019 Disney Wonder will finish its Alaska service, head to San Diego and then home port in Galveston, Texas. — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, "Disney Cruise Line announces fall 2020 deployment," 6 June 2019 Meanwhile, the second of the class, USS Michael Monsoor, arrived at its future home port of San Diego, California. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "As the Final Zumwalt-Class Stealth Destroyer Launches, the Shipsâ Fate Remains Unclear," 11 Dec. 2018 Miracle will be be-positioning to another home port that has not yet been named. — Gene Sloan, USA TODAY, "Newly revamped Carnival Cruise Line ship to make Tampa home," 9 May 2018 McCain's office announced the senator's addition to the ship's name on Wednesday evening, following a ceremony aboard the USS John S. McCain in Yokosuka, Japan, her home port. — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, azcentral, "U.S. Navy names destroyer after Sen. John McCain," 11 July 2018 In 2007, a U.S. aircraft carrier sailed through the strait on its way to home port in Japan, a route Washington described then as a safety move due to weather. — Ralph Jennings, latimes.com, "U.S. warships pass near Taiwan in a show of defiance to China," 8 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'homeport.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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