Mobile, Alabama
On our way home from Miami in December 2008 we stopped overnight in a hotel in Mobile, Alabama. Directly across the way from our hotel was the USS Alabama in 'Battleship Park'. In the morning after breakfast we visited the park before continuing on our journey home.
Sarah was really keen to go look around the ship as she has never been on one before, as there is also an old submarine there too we killed two birds with one stone that day.
up on deck I'd hoped for a strip down to underwear and a private version of "if I could turn back time" I didn't get one!!
The ship was the one used in the film 'Under Siege' starring Steven Segal and the submarine (USS Drum) was used as the Korean sub in the film
The USS Hood really gives you a 'feel' for the incredibly cramped conditions on a WWII submarine, to say it is a squeeze is an understatement.
there is also a small museum there housing and SR Blackbird and several other planes, jeeps and military equipment, it was a nice distraction on the route back to Houston.