: 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
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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
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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
People's Liberation Army Navy CNS Liaoning: Qingdao, Shandong A satellite image captured on Friday showed the Liaoning, the first operational Chinese aircraft carrier, moored at its home port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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
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“Homeport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeport. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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