HMCS Kootenay

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Kootenay.

HMCS Kootenay (H75) (I) was formerly HMS Decoy (H75) an ex-Royal Navy escort destroyer, which served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1943 to 1945, and was broken up in 1946
HMCS Kootenay (DDE 258) (II) was a Restigouche-class destroyer which served from 1959 to 1995

Battle honours[edit]

Atlantic, 1943–45
Normandy, 1944
English Channel, 1944
Biscay, 1944

References[edit]

Government of Canada Ships' Histories - HMCS Kootenay

See also[edit]

Kootenay (disambiguation)

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

HMCS Kootenay (H75), along with HMCS Ottawa (H60) and HMCS Chaudire (H99) served together from 1943 to 1944 on North Atlantic Convoy escort duties. When the invasion of Normandy was underway, they were based in Plymouth, England, to attack German surface ships and submarines. The group was credited with sinking three German U-Boats (U678, U984 and U621). They also had running battles with German E-Boats (fast attack boats) and shelled coastal installations in the Bay of Biscay. They had a close call when a German shore battery opened up on them and straddled the ship. They made smoke and escaped at top speed. At the end of the war, they made several Atlantic crossings bringing service personnel home.