seabase

English

Etymology

From sea +‎ base.

Noun

seabase (plural seabases)

1. A collection of support and supply ships supporting operations elsewhere, that can function as a floating barracks, hospital and base.
   • 2002. Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 by U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Page 154 [1]:

     We operated from a seabase, reducing our footprint ashore and thereby minimizing our force protection requirements […]

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20061008215424/http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2004/Jan/Military_Bases.htm
• http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/seabase.htm