homeported
/ˈhoʊmˌpɔrtɪd/
adjective
- Having a specified port as a home base (used of a ship).
- Each homeported vessel must follow local maritime regulations.
- The newly homeported ferry began its daily routes last week.
- The homeported fleet in Pearl Harbor includes several submarines.
verb
- Past tense of homeport: assigned a ship to a particular port as its home base.
- The company homeported its entire fleet in Rotterdam after the merger.
- The navy homeported the supply ship in Guam last year.
- They homeported the research vessel in Seattle for easier access to the Pacific.