Novel prefabricated structural components such as precast concrete boxes
having forms including rectangular parallelepipeds and hexagonal
cylinders are disclosed which can be assembled together and/or with
structural shapes disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,697,736 and 5,697,473 to
form waterfront structures such as seawalls, levees and breakwaters.
Novel methods of waterborne transport and installation of the boxes and
arrays thereof 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 such 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.