USS Tantalus (ARL-27) Liquidation Commission for further transfer to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration for disposal. "Tantalus" was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 February 1947. Her final fate is unknown. USS Tantalus (ARL-27) USS "Tantalus" (ARL-27) was one of 39 "Achelous"-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Tantalus (a legendary king of Lydia condemned to stand in a pool of water up to his chin and beneath fruit-laden boughs only to have the water or fruit recede at each attempt to drink or eat), she was the only
Stand by Me (film) encourage tourism, the city has embedded a penny in the street at a location where the fictional Vern found one in the film. An advertising mural painted for the movie production has survived. Dan Mangan's song "Rows of Houses" (2011) is based on the film and takes the perspective of Gordie Lachance. In 1987, following the success of "Stand by Me", Reiner co-founded a film and television production company and named it Castle Rock Entertainment, after the fictional town in which the film is set. Stand by Me (film) Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age film directed by