The battleship shown on the DVD menu is the U.S.S. Wisconsin (BB-64).
The "Komedy Kastle" stand-up comedy venue setting was actually a set construction at an abandoned nightclub which was converted for filming.
The movie had grossed about US $14 million at the stateside American box-office in the USA after its first sixty-three days in theatrical release according to an article published in the 8th May 1984 issue of show-business trade-paper 'The Hollywood Reporter'.