Keith W wrote:
If you want an accomodation hulk a disused liner or cruise ship
is a FAR better bet and much more cost effective, better yet
any offshore yard will build one on a barge pretty quickly
and it'll be FAR cheaper than refurbishing and making safe
a CV which will definitely NOT meet the safety requirements
imposed by any fire department in the USA.

Oh, it could, but before anyone could move aboard, you'd first have
to send them (all 5000 residents) to basic firefighting school, then
have recurrent training such as "general quarters" at least once a
week and a main space fire drill about once a month...