 On 28 October New Jersey steamed south to engage Communist targets . During the shelling aircraft spotting for the battleship reported taking heavy anti @-@ aircraft fire to the extreme north of the target zone ; subsequently , New Jersey altered her fire to silence the site with her big guns . The next day New Jersey leveled 30 structures , destroyed three underground bunkers , and shelled a Viet Cong trench line . That afternoon an aerial observer located an enemy artillery position on a hilltop southwest of Cap Lay . New Jersey responded by firing six 16 inch rounds at the site , destroying it . Follow up assaults on 30 October destroyed a Communist resupply area and an anti @-@ aircraft site . 
