Looking NE from Portland Canal near 21st St.
<p>"Santa Elena" downbound, "River Otter" upbound.
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Twin screw towboat "Santa Elena" (USCG doc. # 1075882, length 148 feet, breadth 42 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_645" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 645">GM 12-645E7</a> diesels, 4900 hp.).
Built in 1998 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/jeffboat.htm">Jeffboat</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonville,_Indiana" class="extiw" title="w:Jeffersonville, Indiana">Jeffersonville, Indiana</a>, and operated at time of photo by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bargeacbl.com/">American Commercial Barge Line</a>, Jeffersonville.
In 2004, the boat was sold to Destin Marine Service, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harahan,_Louisiana" class="extiw" title="w:Harahan, Louisiana">Harahan, Louisiana</a>, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/grifsgraphics/3836816135/">"Mitch Jones."</a>.
From 2004 to 2015, the boat was operated by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blessey.com/">Blessey Marine Services</a>, Harahan.
In 2015, it was sold back to ACBL and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/billword/39842934454/in/photostream/">"Mark Dougherty"</a> after longtime ACBL employee <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.carnegiecenter.org/rivers-time-lunch-learn-program-ken-groth-captain-mark-dougherty-tuesday-november-21-2017-1200-100-pm/">Capt. Mark Dougherty</a>.
Still operating in 2018.
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"Santa Elena" was intended to be sent to South America, but stayed in the USA. It still has some bilingual signage in the pilothouse.
A sister boat, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/39977094@N07/3835758767/">"San Ignacio,"</a> did go to South America and was later renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/guillermobarrios/7663672634/">"Cavalier X."</a> That boat has been <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/39977094@N07/5253281412/">rebuilt and repowered</a>.
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Santa Elena is the  Spanish-language name of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_of_Constantinople" class="extiw" title="w:Helena of Constantinople">Saint Helen</a>, who is traditionally credited with finding the relics of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Cross" class="extiw" title="w:True Cross">True Cross</a>.
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Twin screw towboat "River Otter" (doc. # 269364, length 140 feet, breadth 38 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_567" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 567">GM 16-567DE2</a> diesels [repowered in 1981], 3200 hp).
Built in 1955 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/parker.htm">Parker Bros. Shipyard</a>, Houston, Texas.
Originally named <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/River_Otter.php?pic=10&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Kansas City"</a>, owned by SCNO Barge Lines, St. Louis, Missouri.
Sold in 1978, renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/River_Otter.php?pic=7&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Mr. Clyde Dunlap"</a> by Hollinger Transportation, Inc., Greenville, Mississippi.
Sold in 1979 to H&amp;S Transportation Co., Inc., Nashville.
Sold in 1982, renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/River_Otter.php?pic=4&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Sherry K. Mays"</a> by Mays Marine Service, Inc., Clinton, Kentucky .
Sold in 1986, renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/River_Otter.php?pic=2&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Linda L. Tolen"</a> by Tolen Marine, Inc., Paducah.
Sold in 1997, renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/6609664675/">"River Otter"</a> by McNational, Inc., South Point, Ohio.
Operated by Excell Marine Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sold in 2004 to UABL, Argentina.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 606.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>.
March 14, 2001.
file # a1c026.
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6x9 cm E-6 transparency, taken with Fuji GSW690 III (65 mm lens).
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/70020260@N04">William Alden</a> from Louisville, Kentucky, USA
CC BY-SA 2.0
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/28033613297/">a1c026: Santa Elena downbound, River Otter upbound in Portland Canal, Louisville</a>