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
A Truce, and Other Stories and the pleasure she takes in reducing us to a strange despair at the sorry spectacle of a relentless, ironic nemesis playing fast and loose about us, that she fascinates and holds our interest whether we will or no. Even in her humour there is a touch of impatience and sternness. We discern in her the severity and tragic fire of the Greek spirit refined and softened as it mingles with the gentleness of the woman." A Truce, and Other Stories A Truce, and Other Stories is a collection of six short stories by Mary Tappan Wright. It was first