The littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS-2) is underway in the eastern Pacific.
Littoral combat ships are high-speed, agile, shallow draft, mission-focused surface combatants designed for operations in littoral environment, yet fully capable of open ocean operations.
As part of the surface fleet, littoral combat ships have the ability to counter and outpace evolving threats independently or within a network of surface combatants (in other words, fleet action).
Okay, littoral means relating to or situated on the shore of a sea or a lake.
--Cooter
