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HMCS ''Kootenay'' was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces 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. ''Kootenay'' was selected by the RCN for the Improved Restigouche (IRE) project and completed this refit on 7 January 1972. She was also selected as one of 10 destroyers in the Destroyer Life Extension (DELEX) project and completed this refit on 21 October 1983. ==Incidents== ;1969 gearbox explosion and fire On the morning of 23 October 1969, ''Kootenay'' was part of a task force that had been exercising in United Kingdom waters and was returning to Canada, heading westward in the English Channel off Plymouth. The task force consisted of , , , , , , , , and ''Kootenay''. At 6:05 AM ''Kootenay'' and ''Saguenay'' were ordered to separate from the task force and carry out a routine full-power trial. ''Saguenay'' completed her trial at 8:00 AM and ''Kootenay'' started her trial at 8:10 AM. At 8:21 AM ''Kootenay'' suffered the worst peacetime accident in the history of the RCN when her starboard gearbox reached an estimated temperature of and exploded. The explosion and the ensuing fire killed 9 crew members and injured at least 53 others.〔The captain reported 7 killed, 9 medically evacuated, and 1 missing. However the final death toll was 9 killed. The 8th man killed was missing in the engine room until mid-afternoon. The 9th man killed died of smoke inhalation onboard HMCS Bonaventure two days after the fire. See (10 page account of explosion aboard HMCS Kootenay ) See also the book "We Are as One" by LCdr (retd) Gordon Forbes.〕 The fire was brought under control by 10:10 AM and was extinguished between 10:30 and 11:00 AM. ''Kootenay'' was badly damaged but was kept afloat by the actions of her crew.〔(HMCS Kootenay gearbox explosion - Haze Gray and Underway )〕 ''Kootenay'' was taken under tow by ''Saguenay'' and then by the Admiralty tug HMRT ''Samsonia'' (with ''Saguenay'' escorting) to Portsmouth. There, she was dry-docked and prepared for a long ocean tow by having her propellers removed. ''Kootenay'' was towed back to Halifax by the Dutch civilian tug ''Elbe'', departing 16 November and arriving 27 November. The RCN's damage control training centre for Maritime Forces Atlantic was named ''Damage Control Training Facility Kootenay'' (''DCTF Kootenay'') in honour of this incident. ;1989 collision In 1989 ''Kootenay'' collided with a merchant ship and suffered damage to her bow which was repaired using the bow from her sister ship .〔( RESTIGOUCHE Class DDE (escort destroyer) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMCS Kootenay (DDE 258)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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