| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | D |
| Pennant | H 75 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 Jun 1931 |
| Launched | 7 Jun 1932 |
| Commissioned | 12 Apr 1943 |
| End service | 26 Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transferred from the Royal Navy on 12 April 1943. Commanding Officers: A/Lt.Cdr. William Herbert Willson, RCN |
| Former name | HMS Decoy |
Commands listed for HMCS Kootenay (H 75)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Kenneth Lloyd Dyer, DSC, RCN | 14 Apr 1943 | 28 Mar 1944 |
| 2 | William Herbert Willson, RCN | 29 Mar 1944 | 26 Oct 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Kootenay include:
22 May 1943
HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. K.L. Dyer, RCN) picks up 19 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Sandanger that was torpedoed and sunk on 12 May 1943 in the North Atlantic in position 46º00'N, 21º00'W by the German submarine U-221.
7 Jul 1944
The German submarine U-678 was sunk in the English Channel south-west of Brighton, in position 50º32'N, 00º23'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa, HMCS Kootenay and the British corvette HMS Statice. (see map)
18 Aug 1944
The German submarine U-621 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle, in position 45º52'N, 02º36'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, DSO, RCN), HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Willson, RCN) and HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN). (see map)
20 Aug 1944
The German submarine U-984 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest, in position 48º16'N, 05º33'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, DSO, RCN), HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Willson, RCN) and HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN). (see map)