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The following is a list of aircraft carriers of Italy.

As of 2024, the carriers Giuseppe Garibaldi (C551) and Cavour (C550) remain in active service.

Key

Aircraft	The number of aircraft carried
Displacement	Ship displacement at full combat load
Propulsion	Number of shafts, type of propulsion system, and top speed generated
Service	The dates work began and finished on the ship and its ultimate fate
Laid down	The date the keel began to be assembled
Commissioned	The date the ship was commissioned

Seaplane carriers

Europa

Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Europa (converted merchant ship)	8	8,805 t (8,666 long tons)	1 triple-expansion engine	1895	6 October 1915 (as carrier)	Stricken in 1920 and scrapped

Giuseppe Miraglia

Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Giuseppe Miraglia (converted train ferry)	17	5,913 t (5,820 long tons)	2 steam turbines, 8 boilers, 2 shafts	5 March 1921	1 November 1927	Stricken on 15 July 1950 and scrapped

Aircraft carriers

Aquila

Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Aquila (converted ocean liner)	51	28,246 t (27,800 long tons)	4 geared steam turbines, 8 boilers, 4 shafts			Conversion startet in 1941, never completed, scrapped

Sparviero

Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Sparviero (converted ocean liner)	46	30,418 t (29,938 long tons)	diesel			Conversion startet in 1942, never completed, scrapped

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Giuseppe Garibaldi (C551)	up to 18	14,150 t (13,930 long tons)	4 gas turbines, 6 diesel engine generators	26 March 1981	30 September 1985	In service

Cavour

Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Cavour (C550)	20-30	30,000 t (29,526 long tons)	COGAG scheme, 4 gas turbines, 6 diesel generators, 2 shafts	17 July 2001	27 March 2008	In service

Trieste

Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Trieste (L9890)		38,000 t (37,000 long tons)	CODOG scheme, 2 gas turbines, 2 diesel engines, 4 diesel generators, 2 electric engines, 2 shaft	20 February 2018		Under construction

Helicopter carriers

Vittorio Veneto

Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Aircraft	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Vittorio Veneto (C550)	6-9	9,550 t (9,400 long tons)	4 boilers, 2 shaft geared turbines	10 June 1965	12 July 1969	Decommissioned on 29 June 2006 and scrapped

Notes

v t e Ship classes of the Italian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Cavour^S Giuseppe Garibaldi^S
Amphibious ships	San Giorgio class LCM62 class MTM217 class MTP96 class
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori class)^C Grecale (Maestrale class)^C Granatiere (Soldati class)^C Artigliere class (Benson/Gleaves class)^X Fante class (Fletcher class)^X San Giorgio class Impetuoso class Impavido class Audace class Durand de la Penne class
Frigates	Aldebaran class (Cannon class)^X Centauro class Bergamini class Alpino class Lupo class Maestrale class Soldati class Orizzonte class Bergamini class
Corvettes	Antilope class Gabbiano class^C Alabarda^S Albatros class Sentinella^S Pietro De Cristofaro class Minerva class
Patrol boats	Comandanti class Cassiopea class Sirio class Esploratore class Thaon di Revel class
Submarines	Enrico Tazzoli class (Gato class)^X Evangelista Torricelli class (Balao class)^X Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia class (Tench class)^X Livio Piomarta class (Tang class)^X Marconi class Toti class Sauro class Todaro (Type 212)^X SRV-300^S
Minesweepers	Gaeta class Lerici class
Auxiliary ships	Etna class Stromboli class Anteo^S Marino class Elettra^S Alliance^S Leonardo^S Ammiraglio Magnaghi^S Ninfe class Rossetti class Simeto class Bormida^S Panarea class Gorgona class Ponza class GGS 1012 class Atlante class Ciclope class RP 101 class RP 113 class RP 118 class Ercole^S Porto class Cheradi^S Argo^S
Training ships	Amerigo Vespucci Palinuro Italia Orsa Maggiore Caroly Capricia Stella Polare Corsaro II
Floating dry docks	GO 59 GO 58 GO 55 GO 52 GO 22 GO 20 GO 11
Future ships	LHD Trieste PPA LSS Vulcano Cabrini class (UNPAV) USSP UIOM DDX
S Single ship of class C Served in World War II X Imported

v t e Lists of aircraft carriers
By country	China France Germany Italy Japan Russia and the Soviet Union United Kingdom timeline escort seaplane United States timeline classes escort
Other	In service Sunken Service timeline By configuration Of World War II

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