Why did Italy not convert Francesco Caracciolo into a carrier?

Why did Italy not convert Francesco Caracciolo into an aircraft carrier under the treaty?

Italian naval leaders remained intensely committed to battleships and did not redirect the unfinished capital ship into a carrier.

The treaty framework left Italy room to consider a carrier conversion. Institutional preference, rather than ignorance of the available hull, was the decisive obstacle. Senior Italian naval leaders remained intensely attached to battleships and declined to redirect Francesco Caracciolo. Service culture therefore narrowed a technically available procurement choice.