What Does Forrestal Mean?

: to stop (something) from happening or to cause (something) to happen at a later time. : to act before (someone else) in order to prevent something. See the full definition for forestall in the English Language Learners Dictionary.

What is Forrestal?

Forrestal may refer to: James Forrestal (1892–1949), United States Secretary of Defense. USS Forrestal, United States Navy aircraft carrier. 1967 USS Forrestal fire, a deadly fire aboard the USS Forrestal. Forrestal Range, a mountain range in Antarctica.

Where is USS Forrestal?

Decommissioned on September 1993, Forrestal was eventually scrapped in December 2015 following unsuccessful efforts to turn her into a museum ship. A model of Forrestal can be found in the America's Wars in Vietnam section at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy (Cold War Gallery).

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