seabase

== English == === Alternative forms === sea-base, sea base === Etymology === From sea +‎ base. === Noun === seabase (plural seabases) 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