 New Jersey took up station off Tiger Island 1 October and fired at targets north of the DMZ before moving south that afternoon to engage Viet Cong targets . She accounted for six bunkers , a supply truck and an anti @-@ aircraft site that day ; additionally , she helped rescue the crew of a Marine spotting plane forced down at sea by anti @-@ aircraft fire . On 3 October New Jersey fired on targets south of Tiger Island , and on 4 October the battleship fired on a Communist troop concentration and destroyed several bunkers . On the evening of 7 October New Jersey received reports that a number of waterborne logistics craft were moving south near the mouth of the Song Giang River . New Jersey responded by closing on the formation , and succeeded in sinking eleven of the craft before they could beach . 
