home port

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The ARA San Juan went missing a week after it set off from Ushuaia on Argentina's southern tip and was returning to its home port at the Mar del Plata naval base.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The Truxtun left its home port of Norfolk, Va., on Feb. 6 to begin its scheduled deployment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Its home port stated as the southern Russian city of Sochi on the Black Sea.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Navy operations, building ships through World War II, and making Long Beach a sailors’ town, the home port for the Pacific Fleet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025

“But I thank you. Any port in a storm, they say, but I take home port if I got a choice.”

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson