On the voyage to the Pacific she transited Cape Horn in company with the brigantine Hope, under the command of the sealer and explorer Joseph Ingraham.

[4] Later during the voyage, on 16 November 1789, a whale killed Coffin and two of his men;[5] Amaziah Gardner replaced him as master.

[6] 3rd whaling voyage (1790–1792): Captain John Hawes sailed Necker from Dunkirk on 10 October 1790, bound for the Pacific.

[7] On 17 January 1791, Necker was off Cape Horn when she encountered Hope, under the command of Joseph Ingraham, who was seeking furs, but exploring as he went.

The sea was calm so Hawes invited Ingraham to dine with him, apparently on an excellent dinner of roast pork, a pig having just been killed.

The Americans had no intention of remaining in France once they had accumulated enough to be able to retire in comfort back in the United States.

[13] 4th whaling voyage (1792–1793): Captain George Whippey sailed Necker from Dunkirk on 3 September 1792, bound for the coast of Brazil.