Una splendida immagine che mostra il netto miglioramento di dimensioni/capacità ottenuto dalla Marina Militare Italiana sostituendo la sua prima piccola portaerei C551 Garibaldi con la nuovissima L 9890 Trieste

That left ship looks like an floating appartment building.

Full context here:

Garabaldi was commissioned in 1983. Displacement is 10 to 14 thousand tons, varied configurations over the years. Decommissioned this year.

Cavour was commissioned in 2008. Displacement is 30k tons. Still in service.

Trieste was commissioned yesterday. Displacement is 38k tons.

Italy also has 3 smaller “carriers” around 8k tons each. The difference between carriers, assault ships, LHD, is naming and intended use, so internationally, there’s a lot of variation – but they all amount to small aircraft carriers. “Small” for some countries overlaps or exceeds “large” for other countries – there are no firm rules about those definitions. Everyone makes up their own.

International comparison:

Russia:

Kuznetsov – 1985, 43 to 58 ktons, per configuration (and theoretical, as it doesn’t actually deploy much, and who know what they actually load onboard for real trips)

France:

Charles de Gaulle – 2001 – 42-43k tons – has CATOBAR too, fairly rare internationally.

3 light helicopter carriers at 21.5k tons

UK:

PoW and QE – 2019 and 2017 respectively – 65k tons each – not CATOBAR in spite of the size, note also that the UK does not have full airwings for both at this time.

no smaller stuff

China:

Shandong – 2019 – 60-70 ktons – not CATOBAR, derivative of the Russian Kuznetsov class (seems to be more reliable, but that’s a very very low bar)

Fujian – sea trials (expected 2025 commissioning) – 80-85 ktons – CATOBAR

3 LHDs – 2021 to 2023 – 35k tons – 8 planned

US:

11 CVs in a couple classes at around 100k tons each, oldest still in service is Nimitz (1975) newest is Ford (2017). Kennedy is expected in 2025, and will replace Nimitz.

9 “amphibious assault ships” (smaller carriers, not CATOBAR) – 1989 to 2020 – 40-45k tons, more under construction, again, with the new replacing the oldest.

From the mist, a shape, a ship, is taking form

Please tell me Italy is building four more carriers named Pola, Fiume, Zara, and Spalato.

I do have to say the sun and the fog really make a nice scenery