Wyoming Considers Acquiring an Aircraft Carrier



Wyoming's legislature is considering a bill that would establish a commission to draw up a plan to prepare the state for the collapse of the United States government. Should that event ever occur, Wyoming's government would need to act as a national government by sustaining a currency, ensuring international commerce and providing military defense among other tasks. One provision of the bill would instruct the task force to examine:

[...] conditions under which the state of Wyoming should implement a draft, raise a standing army, marine corps, navy and air force and acquire strike aircraft and an aircraft carrier.


Wait, an aircraft carrier? It's not a completely ridiculous proposition, argues Kevin Underhill:

The state does not have a whole hell of a lot of water, to be honest. It appears that its largest lake is Yellowstone Lake, which on average is about 140 feet deep. (Yes, it's in a national park now, but that wouldn't matter, would it?) The draft of a Midway-class carrier, which you can probably find on eBay for cheap, was only 33 feet; even the biggest carrier available (Nimitz-class) only needs about 40 feet of water to float. So yes, assuming they could find one and figure out a way to get it in there, the people of Wyoming could potentially have their own aircraft carrier. It might not have much room to putt around in, but still.


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P.S. Don't dismiss the notion just because Wyoming is landlocked -- it wouldn't be the first landlocked nation to have a navy.

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I was kind of on board with the whole "plan for the apocalypse" thing, but now I see they just have their heads up their arses. Sure, there have been navies on land-locked waterways, but those boats were either small enough to transport on a trailer or were built on-site. Did any of these ass-hats even look up how big an aircraft carrier is and whether it can be transported overland (spoiler alert: it can't)?
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Hi i am from Wyoming and i have actually read the bill. spoiler alert butter-bot you didnt, proving 'ass hats' come from every state. Thanks neatorama for the story :)
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