American whaler John Jay departed to sea in 1818

Of Nantucket, master John Bunker, departed on 29 August 1818 to the Pacific Ocean and returned on 16 May 1821 with 369 barrels sperm and 100 barrels whale.

Source
Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876.