 On 4 November New Jersey received orders to reinforce southern II Corps near Phan Thiết ; she arrived on station later that night . The next day she answered eight call for fire support missions from the 173rd Airborne Brigade , in the process destroying eight Viet Cong bunkers and five structures . On 11 November New Jersey departed Vietnamese waters to replenish ; she returned to the gunline 23 November and relieved Galveston , taking up position in support of the U.S. Army 's Americal Division . That afternoon New Jersey 's 5 @-@ inch ( 127 mm ) guns shelled enemy buildings , destroying 15 structures and inflicted heavy damage on 29 others . 
