edacious, ravenous, voracious, esurient, rapacious, ravening. gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands; a gluttonous debauch; a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure.
Freedom-class littoral combat ship. For the RCI cruise ship class, see Freedom-class cruise ship. The Freedom class is one of two classes of littoral combat ship built for the United States Navy. The Freedom class was proposed by Lockheed Martin as a contender for a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone.
The LCS was conceived as an unusual multimission ship platform, capable of being used in shallow water to help fight battles on shore (âlittoralâ denotes a region along a shore) as well as in deep-water engagements, as a replacement for existing mine sweepers, frigates and coastal patrol craft.