 Between 2 and 8 December New Jersey returned to aid the 3rd Marine Division , shelling Viet Cong bunker complexes for the Marines operating around the Da Nang area before departing for Singapore 9 December . On 26 December New Jersey returned to the gunline , taking up station off Tuy Hoa in support of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam 47th Division . For the next three days New Jersey fired her guns to support the II Corps , in the process destroying Viet Cong bunkers and supply depots and neutralizing enemy cave posts . New Jersey would remain in the waters of the DMZ until after New Years , shelling Communist bunkers for ground troops until leaving to support the 1st Marine Division 3 January . 
