Phoenix and her captain, Perry Winslow, discovered Winslow Reef, northwest of Canton, in 1851. The entire group of Phoenix Islands in the South Pacific are named after a ship, which was active in the area in the 1820s, which may be this ship.
Phoenix was in the Galapagos in 1835 and 1836. On 10 January 1836 the crew was ashore and left graffiti carved into rocks there. While in the Galapagos islands the crew also gathered tortoises to eat, perhaps as many as 140.
Between 1821 and 1858, Phoenix made 11 whaling voyages:[1]
| Departure | Return | Master | Sperm oil (barrels) | Whale oil (barrels) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1821, Sep | 1824, Apr | Harris, David | 1935 | ||
| 1824 | 1826 | Temporarily withdrawn from whaling | |||
| 1826, Dec | 1829, Jun | Fitzgerald, William | 2234 | 0 | |
| 1829, Oct | 1831, Aug | Gardner, John J. | 2340 | 0 | |
| 1831, Oct | 1834, Jan | Wilber, Sanford | 2205 | 0 | |
| 1834, Jul | 1837, Feb | Hussey, Isaac B. | 2345 | 0 | |
| 1827, Nov | 1840, Feb | Hussey, Isaac B. | 2419 | 0 | |
| 1840, Jun | 1843, Feb | Hamlin, Josiah | 2241 | 24 | |
| 1844, Sep | 1848, Jun | Winslow, Perry | 1648 | 24 | |
| 1848, Nov | 1853, Feb | Winslow, Perry | 1648 | 10 | |
| 1853, Jul | 1856, May | Morey, Israel | 162 | 1975 | 10800lbs of bone |
| 1856, Oct | 1858 lost | Handy, Bethel (Bethuel) Gifford Hinkley, J | 150 | 1075 | |
Phoenix was lost on Elbow Island[2] in the Sea of Okhotsk on 12 October 1858, about 100 miles from Ayan.