Editing Battle of Iwo Jima (section)

==Naval vessels badly damaged==
The following table lists for each ship badly damaged in the Battle of Iwo Jima, the dates they received hits, the cause, the type of ship, and the casualties inflicted during 17–28 February. The carrier {{USS|Lunga Point}}, which received light damage, was listed because of the importance of escort carriers in the battle.

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|+ Naval vessels badly damaged and sunk by Japanese forces at Iwo Jima, primarily kamikazes, 17–28 February 1945{{efn|All information is public domain from United States Navy, with casualties taken from individual action reports; table format and structure is heavily borrowed from {{harvnb|Morison|1960|p=388|loc=Appendix II}}.}}{{sfn|Navy Department Library, "Battle for Iwo Jima"}}
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! scope="col" style="width:6em;"|Ship
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"|Day
! scope="col" style="width:13em;"|Type
! scope="col"|Cause
! scope="col" style="max-width:4em;"|Killed
! scope="col" style="max-width:4em;"|Wounded
|-
! scope="row"|''LCI(G)-438''
|17 Feb 1945
|rowspan="9" style="text-align:left;"|Landing craft infantry{{thinsp}}/{{thinsp}}gunboat
|rowspan="9" style="text-align:left;"|Coastal battery
|0
|4
|-
! scope="row"|''LCI(G)-441''
|17 Feb 1945
|7
|21
|-
! scope="row"|{{USS|LCI(G)-449||2}}
|17 Feb 1945
|21
|18
|-
! scope="row"|''LCI(G)-450''
|17 Feb 1945
|0
|6
|-
! scope="row"|''LCI(G)-457''
|17 Feb 1945
|1
|20
|-
! scope="row"|''LCI(G)-466''
|17 Feb 1945
|5
|19
|-
! scope="row"|''LCI(G)-469''
|17 Feb 1945
|0
|7
|-
! scope="row"|''LCI(G)-473''
|17 Feb 1945
|3
|18
|-
! scope="row" style="background:pink;"|''LCI(G)-474'' *
|17 Feb 1945
|3
|18
|-
! scope="row"|{{USS|Blessman||2}}
|18 Feb 1945
|style="text-align:left;"|Destroyer
|style="text-align:left;"|Aerial bomb over engine room
|42
|29
|-
! scope="row"|{{USS|Gamble||2}}
|18 Feb 1945
|style="text-align:left;"|Destroyer{{thinsp}}/{{thinsp}}minesweeper
|style="text-align:left;"|2 aerial bombs
|5
|9
|-
! scope="row"|{{USS|LSM-216||2}}
|20 Feb 1945
|style="text-align:left;"|Landing ship, medium built
|style="text-align:left;"|Coastal battery/air attack
|0
|0
|-
! scope="row" style="background:pink;"|{{USS|Bismarck Sea||2}} *
|21 Feb 1945
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Escort carrier
|style="text-align:left;"|5 bomb hits and kamikaze hits, one on low angle dive, hit after elevator, thru to hangar deck, sunk
|318<ref>{{cite DANFS |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/bismarck-sea-cve-95.html |title=Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) 1944–1945 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915160600/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/bismarck-sea-cve-95.html |archive-date=15 September 2021 |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref>
|99
|-
! scope="row"|{{USS|Lunga Point||2}}
|21 Feb 1945
|style="text-align:left;"|kamikaze Nakajima B6N skidded into her, light damage
|0
|6
|-
! scope="row"|{{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|2}}
|21 Feb 1945
|style="text-align:left;"|Carrier
|style="text-align:left;"|kamikaze dove w/bomb penetration
|123
|192
|-
! scope="row"|{{USS|LCI(G)-760||2}}
|25 Feb 1945
|style="text-align:left;"|Landing craft infantry, mortar
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Coastal battery
|0
|2
|-
! scope="row"|{{USS|Terry|DD-513|2}}
|28 Feb 1945
|style="text-align:left;"|Destroyer
|11
|19
|-
! scope="row"|{{USS|Whitley|AKA-91|2}}
|28 Feb 1945
|style="text-align:left;"|Large cargo ship
|style="text-align:left;"|Air attack
|0
|5
|- class="sortbottom"
! style="border-right: 0;" |Total
! colspan="3" style="border-left: 0;" |
|539
|492
|-
|colspan=6 |{{left|'''Legend''': {{legend-inline|pink|Ship sunk or scuttled|text={{asterisk}} |outline=#A2A9B1}}}}
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