Moviemakers are drawn to Battleship Alabama - al.com: "When Bill Tunnell first went to work as executive director of Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, right away he found himself in the movie biz.
Or at least interacting with the motion picture business in a significant way.
The cast and crew of what would be one of 1992's blockbusters — the seagoing action thriller 'Under Siege,' starring Steven Seagal and Tommy Lee Jones — was headed to town then. Many scenes would be filmed aboard the USS Alabama, which since 1964 has been permanently moored at the park as a top tourist draw."