BATH — Maine’s First Ship announced annual officer elections and confirmed the addition of a new board member at the conclusion of its third summer of building a reconstruction of Virginia, the 51-foot pinnace built in 1607-08 by the Popham colonists.

Orman Hines has been reelected as president of the board of Maine’s First Ship, whose construction project is located on the waterfront next to the historic Bath Freight Shed at 27 Commercial St.

Jeremy Blaiklock, of Arrowsic, re-elected as the vice president of Maine’s First Ship, is owner and operator of Seaflower Garden and Design. Blaiklock, who has been volunteering on the ship project since 2010, also heads the vessel committee.

Allison Hepler, of Woolwich, was reappointed as secretary of the board of directors. Hepler is a selectwoman for the town of Woolwich and a professor of history at the University of Maine at Farmington.

Gayla Pecci Teague, also of Woolwich, was re-elected as treasurer. Teague is a retired senior financial analyst with the Supervisor of Shipbuilding Bath, the U.S. Navy contract management agent resident at Bath Iron Works. Teague is also co-chairs the Membership and Publicity Committe with Jay Coffey.

The organization also reappointed Susan McChesney to its board during an active summer in which it employed a shipwright, a videographer and selected their first apprentice shipwright from the alumni Morse High School students who have participated in Maine’s First Ship summer programs each year since 2010.