Concealed by darkness, a northern group (six troopships and two cargo ships escorted by the battleship USS Texas BB-35 6 , the light cruiser USS Savannah CL-42 6 and six destroyers) Karig (1946), p. 191 prepared to land 9,000 troops of the 60th infantry Regiment reinforced with 65 light tanks to seize the Port Lyautey airfield; and a southern group (four troopships and two cargo ships escorted by the battleship USS New York BB-34 6 , the light cruiser USS Philadelphia CL-41 6 and six destroyers) Karig (1946), p. 184 prepared to land 6,500 troops of the 47th Infantry Regiment reinforced with 90 medium and light tanks near the phosphate port of Safi to cover the southern approaches to Casablanca, while the center group prepared to land the Casablanca occupation force of 19,500 troops of the 3rd Infantry Division reinforced with 79 light tanks near Fedala 15 miles northeast of Casablanca.