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. The official PAVN history claims that on 28 October their 25th Battery, 21st Artillery Battalion using 130mm guns hit the "New Jersey" setting it ablaze.