Tsuta (蔦, "Ivy") was one of 23 escort destroyers of the Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the final stages of World War II.

The Tachibana sub-class was a simplified version of the preceding Matsu class to make them even more suited for mass production.

She was turned over to Allied forces at Kure at the time of the surrender of Japan on 2 September and was stricken from the navy list on 5 October.

Tsuta was turned over to the Republic of China Navy on 31 July of the latter year and renamed Hua Yang.

[5] The ship ran aground in the Pescadores en route to Taiwan in 1949 and remained there until she was stricken from the navy list in 1954.