| name = Wusao-class | builders = Jiangxin Shipbuilding Factory,
Jiangxi | operators = | class_before = | class_after = | subclasses = | cost = | built_range = 1984unknown | in_service_range = | in_commission_range = 1987present | total_ships_building = | total_ships_planned = | total_ships_completed = | total_ships_canceled = | total_ships_active = | total_ships_laid_up = | total_ships_lost = | total_ships_retired = | total_ships_scrapped = | total_ships_preserved = }} | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = | type = Mine countermeasures | tonnage = | displacement = full load | length = | beam = | height = | draught = | draft = | depth = | hold_depth = | power = | propulsion = *2 or 4 × diesel engines * or *2 or 4 shafts | speed = | range = or at | endurance = | complement = 40 (including 6 officers) | crew = | time_to_activate = | sensors = Type 753 I-band navigational radar | EW = | armament = *2 × twin
Type 61 guns *6 mines | armour = | notes = }} }} The Type 082 mine countermeasure vessel with
NATO reporting name Wosao I class is the successor to the
Type 058 and
Type 7102 minesweepers. Although both Type 058 and Type 7102 met their requirements, the backwardness of Chinese industrial and manufacturing capabilities limited both classes from being mass-produced, resulting in only 20
Type 058 minesweeper and a single Type 7102 minesweeper being built. Decision was made to have a new class of minesweeper based on the technical experience gained from both classes, along with lessons learned from the deployment of
Type 312 minesweeper in North Vietnam, and this is the origin of 082 minesweeper. This project was first issued in 1976 during the 3rd Conference on Mine Countermeasure Equipment, but due to the political turmoil in China, namely, the
Cultural Revolution, construction did not begun until 1984. The type was jointly designed by the 708th and 710th institutes, and Jiangxin (江新) Shipbuilding Factory in
Jiangxi was the contractor, with the first unit entering service in 1987. The general designer was Mr. Ma Jinghua (馬錦華), the same general designer of
Wolei class minelayer. This class was consequently upgraded by doubling the number of engines and shafts, and most units were built by the Wusong Shipyard at
Shanghai. Originally completed as
minesweepers, these ships are subsequently incorporated mine-hunting capability during later upgrades. This minesweeper carries Type 317 magnetic sweeping gear, Type 318 mechanical sweeping gear, Type 318 acoustic sweeping gear, and Type 319 infrasonic sweeping gear, and it can also be used as a minelayer with capability to carry 6 mines. The boat is powered by 4 M50 diesel, and more than half a dozen have entered Chinese service. The
Pennant number of these units changed to 800's series in 2004 from the original 4400's. ==Type 082I mine countermeasure vessel==