You have a good point, but it also says that each state can apply for more
than one.  We'll give states like Nebraska the small tugboats the Navy owns
and give the larger ships such as aircraft carriers to states like
Washington and California.

David

Look to Iowa for guidance?

can they put it bow first into a missle silo?

do they have any lakes?

Good question.

Fact is, the navy has a bunch of old ships that they can't get rid of
(remember the recent flap about the one they sent to England for
scrapping?), and there are hundreds of old coastal freighters that have
been abandoned. The only big scrapping operations are in India, and
human rights organizations are trying to shut them down.

What to do with these ships? Give em to the divers. It's sorta like all
that old junk the trash collectors won't take: put a small price tag on
it and sell it at a garage sale.