Player Embed Code: Download Embed Share Battle of the Coral Sea All Hands Magazine April 24, 2019 | 1:13 Billows of dark grey smoke filled the Hawaiian skies. With ships toppled over and aircraft in ruins, it was like a grave site. At about 8:10 that morning, Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese had dropped a 1,800-bomb through the deck of the battle ship USS Arizona (BB 39).