Novel precast concrete boxes are disclosed which can be assembled together
and/or with structural shapes disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,697,736 and 6,491,473
to form waterfront structures such as seawalls, boathouses and the like. Novel
methods of waterborne transport and installation of the boxes are disclosed, including
modular vessels having bow and stern sections which can be connected directly together
or mounted to a mid-section containing assemblies of concrete boxes, other structural
elements or other vessels such as floating drydocks. Modular vessels can be assembled
with any or all of the bow, midship and stern sections comprising honeycomb arrays
of vertically-oriented hexagonal boxes.