The carrier forces, after another stop at Ulithi, now turned their attention to Iwo Jima. With "Healy" and other destroyers in the protective screen, carrier planes supplied close support for the invasion of the island on 19 February, and continued for 3 days before departing for strikes against Japanese home air bases. Leaving the carrier group, "Healy" next was assigned to the battleships designated to bombard Iwo Jima, and remained off the island patrolling and screening from 4–27 March. She then sailed with by way of Saipan and Eniwetok to Pearl Harbor, arriving on 4 April 1945. From there the veteran destroyer steamed to San Francisco Bay, where she arrived on 23 April.