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Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi is an Italian aircraft carrier, the first through-deck aviation ship ever built for the Italian Navy, and the first Italian ship built to operate fixed-wing aircraft. Although she is widely recognised as a carrier first and... Wikipedia
Length: 591′
Launched: June 4, 1983
Builder: Fincantieri
Aircraft carried: up to 18; AV-8B Harrier II fighter/bombers; Augusta SH-3D or AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters (ASW, ASH and AEW)
Cost: Lire 428 billion (1981) (equivalent to €903.63 million in 2019)
Homeport: Taranto
Laid down: 26 March 1981