seabase

Noun

 * 1) A collection of support and supply ships supporting operations elsewhere, that can function as a floating barracks, hospital and base.
 * 2) * 2002. Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 by U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Page 154 :
 * We operated from a seabase, reducing our footprint ashore and thereby minimizing our force protection requirements