Truman saved millions of American and Japanese lives by using the atomic bombs on Japan and getting them to surrender without invading the mainland. He deserves to have ships named after him.
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AGREED! As a student of history, he chose the best option.
I'd have to agree.*looks around*
This ain't TNZ.
The Truman was apparently named for Harry S. and was seen (I believe) in the "shuttlecraft approaching the Enterprise" scene, and that answers part of the question asked by the OP.
The question of whether a command decision made by the historical Truman as Commander-in-Chief during wartime was correct falls outside the scope of this discussion and of this forum, and would better be addressed separately and in an appropriate forum (i.e., not here.)
Your source for this?
Again, I did not hear the name "Newton." Are people mistaking this for the "Truman?"
Also, I think people are confusing the "Centaurus" with the Antares. When the ship is called out, the person says "U.S.S. Antares." The way the person says it, it comes out "U.S.S. Sentares" with the last "S" in U.S.S. carrying over to the beginning of "Antares." Unless there's another point where the name is mentioned.
I would like orthographic views of all Starfleet ships designed for this movie. Please and thank you 
The source is the movie itself. Here's a screencap:
Looking a little more closely, you can just make out the ship's name on the hull.
It's entirely possible that people misheard. You may recall the insistence of some that the boy who had just dumped a vintage 'Vette in a quarry answered the hovercop "My name is James Siberius Kirk!" -- a very similar thing to your U.S.S. Antares/U.S.S. Centaurus example.
I still don't see Farragut anywhere on that ship hull. Maybe I'm just blind. Could u 'shop it and show us where? :P
I can make out "FARRAG" in the second picture - if you look at the three white splotches that form a diagonal line to the bottom-left of the body, the first is on the A, the second is on the first R, and the third is just under the G.
Hey, i have been to Walcott Iowa and if they named a ship after it, then the ship is quite a bit bigger and more densly populated.
Here's a markup urbandk did:
In addition to the letters he's added, it's possible to faintly make out the 'F' before and the 'U' following, as well as the 'S.S.' of 'U.S.S.' to the left, along the same line.
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You're thinking of the one seen in this shot.
Actually, one can see the destroyed Mayflower behind the Farragut. If you look in the upper left corner, you can see "..OWE...". This is the Mayflower.
So, the Enterprise passes first the debris of the Farragut, then the debris of the Mayflower.
It would appear that we have two waves of ships before the Enterprise arrives at Vulcan. Unfortunately, we don't have more information on how the battle unfolded. One wave consisted of ships from Earth Spacedock and mentioned by name in Hangar 1 as cadet assignments: the Antares, the Farragut, the Hood, the Walcott. Other possible ships could include the Newton and the Odyssey. The second wave consisted of the Truman and Mayflower.
So, the Enterprise passes first the debris of the Farragut, then the debris of the Mayflower.
It would appear that we have two waves of ships before the Enterprise arrives at Vulcan. Unfortunately, we don't have more information on how the battle unfolded. One wave consisted of ships from Earth Spacedock and mentioned by name in Hangar 1 as cadet assignments: the Antares, the Farragut, the Hood, the Walcott. Other possible ships could include the Newton and the Odyssey. The second wave consisted of the Truman and Mayflower.
USS FARRAGUT...Earth navel history
USS TRUMAN...Probably named for US President Harry S. Truman?
USS WALCOTT...Named for Ted P. Wallcott late 21st century inventor of the automatic banana pealer?
USS ANTARES...The star?
USS HOOD...Sunk British warship?
It always appeared like just one saucer to me, not two distinct pieces of debris, but I may be wrong... In the same scene in the 3rd trailer, it's impossible to make out any 'Farragut' markings on the saucer. Maybe at some point they realized no Mayflower was mentioned in the dialog and tweaked with the visuals to add the Farragut in the final cut? Just my 2 cents.
That Reliantesque ship looks like a big nod to the Commanche Class Assault Frigate from the Jackills starship book....which had a Miranda-Class with a third nacelle. it was designed asa high warp speed attack frigate as opposed to the mid range frigate/explorer the miranda filled
LOOK!!!! ONLY THREE REGISTRY NUMBERS. NO ZEROES!!!!
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