 Among these was the schooner "William P. Frye", captured on 27 January 1915 and scuttled the next day, the first U.S. flagged vessel sunk in World War I.On 11 March 1915 "Prinz Eitel Friedrich", now low on supplies and burdened by over 300 prisoners, arrived at Newport News, Virginia.Allied warships were lying outside US waters and to avoid them she exceeded the time limit under international law for a combatant ship to remain in a neutral port.