HMCS Kootenay (DDE 258) was a Restigouche-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1959-1996. She was the fifth ship in her class and the second vessel to carry the designation . Kootenay was laid down on 21 August 1952 at Burrard Dry Dock, North Vancouver and launched on 15 June 1954. She was officially commissioned into the RCN on 7 March 1959 and carried the pennant number 258 as a destroyer escort. In 1989 Kootenay collided with a merchant ship and suffered damage to her bow which was repaired using the bow from her sister ship .