My 8th grade plans for a new floating state for USA. The state of Lincoln. It could float away if USA was not governed well.

Sometime around my 8th grade year, my interest in large ships and buildings motivated me to draw rough plans for a 100 mile long ship.

My ship would be a floating new state added to USA; the state of Lincoln. I remember thinking that if USA was not governed well, my state could just break ties and float away. It could become an independent country, join Canada or something, I guess.

I still have plans for that ship. It's a scroll of glued together pages photographed below.

A friend of mine, at that time named Carl Swanson (lived on our street), also drew up plans for a ship. His ship was called Washington. Talking to Carl's dad, back then, I remember saying, "if USA doesn't shape up, the state of Lincoln can ship out."

100 mile long ships wouldn't be viable on earth, but much more recently, I saw a documentary, on YouTube, about luxury liners and cruise ships. In the documentary it said that large ships could be a precursor to colonies in space.