The United Kingdom also sold off a couple aircraft carriers in the past decade: one scrapped in India and the other due for the depths as an artificial reef.

So while the international market for aircraft carriers is a little tight right now, let’s assume Wyoming can get its hands on one. Where would it be berthed?

Wyoming has a number of watery locations in which you could squeeze an aircraft carrier, although without much room to maneuver. Keep in mind that the smaller of the two American-made options, the U.S.S. Ranger, is about 1,000 feet long, or about three football fields, and its keel will rest on the bottom in 37 feet of water.

Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming’s biggest natural body of water, has an average depth of 139 feet. It could work as a home for Wyoming’s flagship, although you might need a really long pier.

The Flaming Gorge Reservoir averages several hundred feet in depth and has the added benefit of prime location as a firebreak to stop greedy hordes of Utahns and some Coloradoans from crossing into Wyoming without a friendly overflight.