shore station
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Definition
- Noun:
- A military installation servicing naval forces: A permanent or semi-permanent facility located on land that provides operational, logistical, administrative, and support services to ships, submarines, and personnel of a navy.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The destroyer returned to the shore station for repairs and resupply.
- Sailors stationed at the shore station provide critical intelligence support to the fleet.
- The new shore station includes a training school for naval engineers.
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in military and naval contexts to distinguish land-based support facilities from ships or forward operating bases.
- It can imply a home base or a primary support hub for a specific naval region or squadron.
Variants and Related Words
- Naval base: A larger, more comprehensive type of shore station, often serving as a major command center and home port for a fleet.
- Support facility: A more general term for any installation providing logistical or maintenance support.
- Station: In a naval context, can refer to a place of duty, which may be a ship or a shore installation.
Synonyms
- Naval installation
- Naval support facility
- Land-based naval facility
Related Phrases
- To be stationed at a shore station: To be assigned to work and live at a land-based naval facility.
- After three years at sea, he was stationed at a shore station for his next assignment.
Noun
- military installation servicing naval forces