home port

Example Sentences

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Then it went back to its home port and reloaded for its third and final voyage of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1919, Long Beach became the home port for the nation’s Pacific fleet of battleships, and in time, more ships followed.

From Los Angeles Times

Navy operations, building ships through World War II, and making Long Beach a sailors’ town, the home port for the Pacific Fleet.

From Los Angeles Times

HMS Trent left its home port of Gibraltar in early December for Guyana in a show of diplomatic and military support for the former British colony.

From BBC

HMS Trent left its home port of Gibraltar in early December and is currently alongside in Bridgetown, Barbados for Christmas.

From BBC