US collier Vestal laid down at New York according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1907-1908 no. 5

An item reported that at the navy yard at New York the keel was laid down of the 12.000 ton collier Vestal. Her cargo capacity was 6.000 ton and her minimum speed was 16 miles. At that moment was her sister ship Prometheus being built at San Francisco.