Articulated marine structure with prepositioned anchoring piles

Claim 1

A floatable marine structure adapted to be fixedly positioned to the floor of an offshore site which comprises; a hull, including controllable buoyancy means, the latter being operable to regulate the disposition of said marine structure within a body of water, support means carried on said hull and extending upwardly therefrom, a working deck operably received on said support means and being longitudinally movable along the latter to regulate the disposition of said working deck with respect to said hull, and anchor piles removably carried on said marine structure, being aligned in position to be embedded into the substratum beneath said body of water when said hull is submerged to rest on the floor of the latter, pile guide means operably carried on said working deck and being adjustable to slidably support a pile as the latter is embedded into said substratum, and a track carried on said working deck adjacent to the peripheral edge thereof, said pile guide means being operably supported on said track.