Once again there were station ships of the Navy to help with navigation, especially at night.

During her 1955 tour, she served as station ship at Hong Kong.

She also served as a station ship for aircraft.

The Enterprise is leading the station ships into a trap.

Panay was assigned as station ship to guard the remaining Americans and take them off at the last moment.

She arrived there on 4 November 1949 and served as station ship for the next 10 months.

She spent the next eight months at Guam surveying the harbor and serving as station ship.

By 1908 she had become the station ship at Charleston, South Carolina.

Her station ship and staff duty in Japan lasted just under six months.

Tutuila remained at Chungking as station ship with little hope of relief.