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It would probably need to be large enough to hold 1000+ tons of mass on a 15x23m square of it's hull without collapsing, that probably covers the weight of the flame deflector and service structures, plus the 3300 tons of the fully fueled rocket once it's stacked and ready to fly.
I'm sure a ship could handle it, but the height of the Saturn V and it's support structure might be a serious tipping hazard at sea, I'd go with something like the Hibernia oil rig instead, the absolute unit weighs in excess of 50k tons. I'd imagine it's why Elon is looking to build platforms to launch Starship at sea rather than launch platform boats.