<P> Task Unit 70.8. 9, the US Naval Gunfire Support Unit, was made up of destroyers, armed with 5 "/ 38 or 5" / 54 guns, and continuously patrolled the coast of South Vietnam to provide NGFS at short notice . If greater firepower was required then larger gunned cruisers were called in for reinforcements, along with the battleship USS New Jersey for a single tour of duty . NGFS was controlled by the United States Marines Corps First Air - Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) who provided spotters, usually airborne in light aircraft but sometimes on foot, in all military regions . </P> <P> In the 1982 Falklands War, the British used NGFS in support of the advance of the British Army and Royal Marines . </P> <P> In the 1983 actions in Lebanon, fire support was provided on several occasions by destroyers, cruisers, and New Jersey assigned to coastal patrol . They supported the US Marines as well as the Lebanese Army . </P> <P> During Operation Desert Storm the battleships USS Missouri and USS Wisconsin fired Tomahawk cruise missiles along with their main battery guns against Iraqi targets in the Euphrates Delta . This was the last firing of battleship guns during war, as well as the first use of drone aircraft to observe targets and give targeting corrections </P>

Which is not a classification of naval surface fire support missions