naval base

Noun

Meaning

naval base (plural naval bases)

(military) an installation in a port or harbour used as a centre of operations by the country's navy.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

seaport dockyard navy yard

Examples

Attorney General Bob Ferguson argues that Washington would lose out on tax revenue if a military construction project at Naval Base Kitsap is canceled as planned. Source: Internet

Former Alexandrian, Captain Brian Buzzell, USN (retired) spent 3 weeks in the Philippines visiting some of his old stomping grounds where he used to race Columbia 22’s out of the Subic Naval Base Yacht Club 1991-92. Source: Internet

HMS Tamar, the fourth of five new offshore patrol vessels built in shipyards, sailed into Portsmouth Naval Base. Source: Internet

The earthquake hit at 2:13 a.m. Thursday about 19 miles south of Oxnard and about 15 miles southwest of Naval Base Ventura County at Point Mugu. Source: Internet

It has since docked at U.S. Naval Base Guam on the southern end of the American island territory in the western Pacific. Source: Internet

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It was a Friday night five years ago, and in a basement bar below the officers club at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, two men were getting drunk. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

naval askaut naval attache naval barometer naval battle naval bear naval blockade