homeport

Faller, speaking from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Arabian Sea, said the fishermen, who had been living off the fish they could catch, expressed their thanks and are believed to be headed back to their homeport in Iran.

US Navy: Iran Fishing Boat Rescued From Suspected Pirates 2012

For an extreme example, I have also read that the blockading power can intercept the neutral ship at any point on its trip home, so long as they get to it before it reaches its homeport.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed 2010

In 1964, the USS Cadmus moved her homeport to Newport, RI.

ALBERT NELSON CAIN 2010

The report also recommends that one carrier should be based in Mayport Naval Station in Florida — a homeport preference that will renew a heated political battle between the Florida and Virginia delegations in Congress.

Matthew Yglesias » Nobody Wants to Lose an Aircraft Carrier for Their State 2010

The upshot of the whole incident to us sailors however was that the brass decided to hold some hastily arranged exercises in maintaining radio and electronic silence, thus causing us to be a day late in making homeport after almost 7 months away.

Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Another Day in Paradise 2008

Under heavy economic pressure, London agrees to cancel the U.S. lease on its Indian Ocean island base of Diego Garcia, while Canberra, pressured by the Chinese, informs Washington that the Seventh Fleet is no longer welcome to use Fremantle as a homeport, effectively evicting the U.S. Navy from the Indian Ocean.

Alfred W. McCoy: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire: Four Scenarios for the End of the American Century by 2025 Alfred W. McCoy 2010

The homeport of "Newport" is also painted on the stern, just below the name "Isabel."

John Kerry Says He Always Intended To Pay Massachusetts Taxes On $7 Million Yacht 2010

For an extreme example, I have also read that the blockading power can intercept the neutral ship at any point on its trip home, so long as they get to it before it reaches its homeport.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed 2010

Under heavy economic pressure, London agrees to cancel the U.S. lease on its Indian Ocean island base of Diego Garcia, while Canberra, pressured by the Chinese, informs Washington that the Seventh Fleet is no longer welcome to use Fremantle as a homeport, effectively evicting the U.S.

Alfred W. McCoy: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire: Four Scenarios for the End of the American Century by 2025 Alfred W. McCoy 2010

There may be a pattern to this and I hope that ships like the Liberty can find out where these patterns are, and I hope that one of them with poor communications is not my homeport.

The Attack on the Liberty James Scott 2009