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INTRODUCTION 
in.1975 Sun Shipbuilding and.Dry Dock Company ("Sun") 
participated in a National Shipbuilding Research Program 
study which assessed photogrammetry from the viewpoint of 
increasing productivity in shipbuilding. Sponsorship and 
cost-sharing of the study was by the U.S. Maritime Admini- 
stration and Todd Shipyards Corporation, with the latter 
providing technical direction to the selected investigator, 
"MIFK". Sun's participation was as a “cooperating shipyard” 
wherein real shipyard situations were made available to the 
investigator. 
Investigations within Sun's shipyard included an actual 
demonstration survey of a midship section built for the 
purpose of jumboizing a RO/RO ship. Measurements on a series 
of photographs taken from several different viewing points 
allowed the investigator to produce very accurate as-built 
dimensions of the midship section. Of primary interest was 
the ability to evaluate the midship section as a total 
three dimensional body -- a direct result of the fact that 
the photogrammetric survey is a three dimensional one, as 
will be shown later. Hence, racking and skewing of the midship 
section as a whole and parallelism of the transverse sections 
was easily determined. 
Based partly upon the successful survey of the midship 
section, the final report covering the entire project! 
l'Photogrammetry in Shipbuilding" report of the National Shipbuilding 
Research Program, sponsored by the U.S. Maritime Administration in 
cooperation with Todd Shipyards Corporation. Available through the 
National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, Virginia 22161. Document No. PB-262-1304/S