Etymology. The name Sirius Black is a pun on his Animagus form of a black dog since the star Sirius is known as the Dog Star and is the brightest star in Canis Major, the Great Dog constellation. Sirius is derived from the Ancient Greek ÏÎµÎ¯ÏÎ¹Î¿Ï, Seirios, meaning glowing or scorcher..In Greek mythology, it is Orion's dog.tymology. The name Sirius Black is a pun on his Animagus form of a black dog since the star Sirius is known as the Dog Star and is the brightest star in Canis Major, the Great Dog constellation. Sirius is derived from the Ancient Greek ÏÎµÎ¯ÏÎ¹Î¿Ï, Seirios, meaning glowing or scorcher..
Navy Uniform Leather Nametag - Officer/CPO (E7 and above) Our regulation leather Navy nametags are made of plain black leather (2 x 4)and come with attached Velcro backing. Name, rank/rate and duty status (USN/USNR) are embossed in gold for officer/CPOs and silver for E6 and below. Only one earned breast insignia may be worn.
Save. The Naval History and Heritage Command website says that the United States Navy uses the letters USS to signify United States Ship.. According to the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC) website, this designation was adopted in 1907 and is used to denote Navy ships manned by military personnel.Once decommissioned, the ship is known simply by its name, without the USS..or example, according to USNSCC, a destroyer tender originally commissioned in 1915 as USS Melville Destroyer Tender No. 2 in 1915 was re-designated as USS Melville AD-2.. Phil Mislinski/Getty Images News/Getty Images. Naming Navy Ships. The name of each ship is decided by the presiding Secretary of the Navy.