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 Ford class is a successor to the Nimitz class aircraft carriers. First of the class is expected to be commissioned with the US Navy in 2015. It is expected that a total of 9-10 new aircraft carriers of this class will be built. These will be the largest and most powerful warships ever built. These will replace the Nimitz and Improved Nimitz class warships.