homeport
1 of 2verb
home·port ˈhōm-ˌpȯrt 
homeported; homeporting; homeports
transitive verb
: to provide with or assign to a home port
home port
2 of 2noun
: the port from which a ship hails or from which it is documented
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Craig Hooper, Forbes, 16 June 2022 The sailing was also the first Norwegian cruise to homeport in Athens. Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2021 The Norwegian Jade is the first of the Norwegian Cruise Line’s ships to homeport in Athens. Julia Thompson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021 The USS Mobile will travel to homeport at Naval Base San Diego, California. Mary Helene Hall | Mhall@al.com, al, 22 May 2021 Both Viking Venus and Viking Sea will homeport in Valletta, the walled city and UNESCO World Heritage Site that is the capital of Malta. Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 7 May 2021 While cruises in the U.S. have remained on pause, many cruise lines have made plans to homeport in cities around the world, and many are requiring proof of vaccination to board. Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2021 Viking will homeport in Hamilton, the capital of Bermuda, for 8-day sailings on the Viking Orion, featuring picturesque cobblestone streets in St. George's, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and dreamy pink sand beaches. Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2021 In the latest blow to New Orleans' tourism industry, Carnival Cruise Line said Monday that Valor, one of its two ships that homeport in New Orleans, will now not sail until at least the end of October. Anthony Mcauley | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 25 Jan. 2021 San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2022 Both Wish and Disney Fantasy will remain parked at the line’s main home at Port Canaveral, but Disney Dream, which left the Orlando-area port for Miami for its first-ever new home port this summer will be changing its return address several times. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2022 The Mardi Gras is on its final day of a seven-day voyage, Carnival said, and is scheduled to return to its home port of Port Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday morning. Forrest Brown, CNN, 3 June 2022 The Reagan, the cruiser USS Antietam and the destroyer USS Higgins left Singapore after a port visit and moved north to their home port in Japan. Eileen Ng, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022 The vessel will eventually head to its home port in Norfolk, Va. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2022 The ship first attempted the crossing one year ago, but was forced back to its home port in Plymouth, UK, after a diesel generator failure. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022 Footage posted by the Russian military on Sunday showed Russia’s naval commander inspecting rows of sailors, identified as being from the ship, in the Moskva’s home port of Sevastopol in Crimea. Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2022 Footage posted by the Russian military on Sunday showed Russia’s naval commander inspecting rows of sailors, identified as being from the ship, in the Moskva’s home port of Sevastopol in Crimea. Yuras Karmanau, ajc, 18 Apr. 2022 See More
Verb
Neither Base Kodiak in Alaska, nor the Coast Guard base in Newport, Rhode Island are remotely ready to homeport the Offshore Patrol Cutters they are already slated to receive. Craig Hooper, Forbes, 16 June 2022 The sailing was also the first Norwegian cruise to homeport in Athens. Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2021 The Norwegian Jade is the first of the Norwegian Cruise Line’s ships to homeport in Athens. Julia Thompson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021 The USS Mobile will travel to homeport at Naval Base San Diego, California. Mary Helene Hall | Mhall@al.com, al, 22 May 2021 Both Viking Venus and Viking Sea will homeport in Valletta, the walled city and UNESCO World Heritage Site that is the capital of Malta. Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 7 May 2021 While cruises in the U.S. have remained on pause, many cruise lines have made plans to homeport in cities around the world, and many are requiring proof of vaccination to board. Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2021 Viking will homeport in Hamilton, the capital of Bermuda, for 8-day sailings on the Viking Orion, featuring picturesque cobblestone streets in St. George's, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and dreamy pink sand beaches. Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2021 In the latest blow to New Orleans' tourism industry, Carnival Cruise Line said Monday that Valor, one of its two ships that homeport in New Orleans, will now not sail until at least the end of October. Anthony Mcauley | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 25 Jan. 2021 Noun
It is scheduled to return to its home port at NAS North Island by the fall. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2022 Both Wish and Disney Fantasy will remain parked at the line’s main home at Port Canaveral, but Disney Dream, which left the Orlando-area port for Miami for its first-ever new home port this summer will be changing its return address several times. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2022 The Mardi Gras is on its final day of a seven-day voyage, Carnival said, and is scheduled to return to its home port of Port Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday morning. Forrest Brown, CNN, 3 June 2022 The Reagan, the cruiser USS Antietam and the destroyer USS Higgins left Singapore after a port visit and moved north to their home port in Japan. Eileen Ng, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022 The vessel will eventually head to its home port in Norfolk, Va. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2022 The ship first attempted the crossing one year ago, but was forced back to its home port in Plymouth, UK, after a diesel generator failure. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022 Footage posted by the Russian military on Sunday showed Russia’s naval commander inspecting rows of sailors, identified as being from the ship, in the Moskva’s home port of Sevastopol in Crimea. Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2022 Footage posted by the Russian military on Sunday showed Russia’s naval commander inspecting rows of sailors, identified as being from the ship, in the Moskva’s home port of Sevastopol in Crimea. Yuras Karmanau, ajc, 18 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Verb
1940, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1794, in the meaning defined above