1918 flu pandemic [SEP] end time
Spanish flu
The 1918 influenza pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920; colloquially known as Spanish flu) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people around the world, including people on remote Pacific islands and in the Arctic, and resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million (three to five percent of Earth's human population at the time), making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history.
Infectious
. On 14 October 1918, while under command of Charles B. McVay, Jr., she escorted troop ships into port at the United Kingdom, returning on 16 October. For the rest of the time, the ship conducted drills at anchor or in nearby Bantry Bay. To pass the time, the crews played American football, and competitive sailing. "Oklahoma" suffered six casualties between 21 October and 2 November to the 1918 flu pandemic. "Oklahoma" remained off Berehaven until the end of the war on 11 November 1918