HOME PORT Definition & Meaning

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home port

noun

the port where a ship is registered.
the port out of which a ship is operated but not necessarily registered.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of home port¹

First recorded in 1890–95

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The Germans withdrew to their home ports, where they remained, largely inactive, until the war ended.

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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.

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

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The home port for the USS Florida and the USS Georgia is the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in southeast Georgia near the Florida border.

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The ship’s home port is in Gaeta, Italy, near the Naples headquarters of the 6th Fleet, which focuses on naval activity in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

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