1. homeport - Noun
2. homeport - Verb
homeport (plural homeports)
The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
Coordinate term: port of registry
homeport (third-person singular simple present homeports, present participle homeporting, simple past and past participle homeported)
To assign a vessel a port to act as its home.
All service members, except those embarked or attached to a vessel currently away from its homeport, have a right to refuse NJP and request a court-martial. Source: Internet
It later became a marine museum at Douglas, Michigan in the United States, before returning to its original homeport of Port McNicoll,Canada in 2013. Source: Internet