USS Texas is springing more leaks Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:21 a.m., Monday, June 25, 2012 Workers aboard the USS Texas hardly had time to celebrate the patching of a 2-inch hole in the century-old battleship's bottom before rivet and seam leaks once again catapulted the vessel into a crisis situation.