Author Robert D. Kaplan embedded aboard the ship in the spring of 2005 and recounted his experiences in her for his book Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts in Chapter Four "Geeks with Tattoos: The Most Driven Men I have Ever Known.

"[1] On 1 August 2008 the Navy reported to CNN that Houston was found to have been leaking radioactive water for months while on patrol and visiting stations in Japan, Guam and Hawaii.

The Navy reported that the Houston's leak released only a "negligible" amount of radioactivity.

[3] On 28 October 2015, Houston moored in Pearl Harbor, after completing her final scheduled deployment.

[5] The ship is currently awaiting disposal, presumably in its home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.