"Italy it seems might be getting rid of the Garibaldi"
Actually, Cavour is replacing Vittorio Veneto... a helicopter-carrying ASW cruiser of "the old school"... aft flight deck with below-decks hangar for 9-A/B-212s (twin-engined long-fuselage UH-1s).
http://members.aol.com/mircogr/ihelos.html
This one has pictures:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmor...elicopter.html
http://homepage.eircom.net/~steven/crustmov.htm