 New Jersey rejoined her fast carriers near San Bernardino 27 October 1944 for strikes on central and southern Luzon . Two days later , the force came under suicide attack . In a melee of anti @-@ aircraft fire from the ships and combat air patrol , New Jersey shot down a plane whose pilot maneuvered it into the port gun galleries of Intrepid , while machine gun fire from Intrepid wounded three of New Jersey 's men . During a similar action 25 November three Japanese planes were shot down by the combined fire of the force , part of one flaming onto the flight deck of Hancock . Intrepid was again attacked ; she shot down one would @-@ be kamikaze aircraft , but was crashed by another despite hits scored on the attacker by New Jersey gunners . New Jersey shot down a plane diving on Cabot and hit another plane which smashed into Cabot 's port bow . 
