Question: This "Gearing"-class destroyer was named after the first naval recipient of the Medal of Honor in what war?
Context: USS "Abner Read" (DD-769) was a planned United States Navy "Gearing"-class destroyer laid down during World War II but never completed.  The ship was to be the second ship named for Abner Read (1821–1863), a United States Navy officer killed during the American Civil War.  She was assigned the name during construction when the first "Abner Read" (DD-526) , a "Fletcher"-class destroyer , was sunk by a kamikaze during the Battle of Leyte, 1 November 1944. The "Spruance"-class destroyer was developed by the United States to replace a large number of World War II–built "Allen M. Sumner" and "Gearing"-class destroyer s and was the primary destroyer built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970s. ARM "Netzahualcóyotl" (D-102), a "Quetzalcóatl"-class destroyer , is one of two destroyers in the Mexican Navy.  The "Netzahualcóyotl" was originally the  , a "Gearing"-class destroyer .  Mexico purchased the "Steinaker" from the United States Navy in 1982, and renamed it after the Acolhua polymath Nezahualcoyotl.  The destroyer was modified by the Mexican Navy, and in its present configuration it has a helicopter landing pad and an ASROC anti-submarine missile system.  The "Netzahualcóyotl" is used in drug interdiction and training missions for cadets from the Mexican Naval Academy, sailing annually up to San Francisco, California, in the United States. USS "O'Hare" (DD/DDR-889) was a "Gearing"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare, Medal of Honor recipient, who was shot down at Tarawa on 27 November 1943. USS "Castle" (DD-720) was a planned United States Navy "Gearing"-class destroyer laid down during World War II but never completed.  It was to be named for Guy W. S. Castle (1879-1919), a United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient. The third USS "Keppler" (DD/DDE-765) was a "Gearing"-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.  She was named for Boatswain's Mate First Class Reinhardt J. Keppler (1918–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. USS "McCampbell" (DDG-85) is an "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer in the United States Navy.  She is named in honor of Naval Aviator Captain David S. McCampbell, a Medal of Honor and Navy Cross recipient who was the Navy's leading ace in World War II.  This ship is the 35th destroyer of her class.  USS "McCampbell" was the 20th ship of this class to be built by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine, and construction began on 16 July 1999.  She was launched and christened on 2 July 2000.  On 17 August 2002, the commissioning ceremony was held at Pier 30 in San Francisco, California.  She arrived at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan as part of the Navy's Seventh Fleet in July 2007, and is now permanently home ported there. USS "Corry" (DD/DDR-817) was a "Gearing"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the third Navy ship named for Lieutenant Commander William M. Corry, Jr. (1889–1920), a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Isaac Campbell Kidd (March 26, 1884 – December 7, 1941) was an American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.  Kidd was killed on the bridge of USS "Arizona" during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  He was the father of Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, Jr. He was a posthumous recipient of his nation's highest military honor—the Medal of Honor.  The highest ranking casualty at Pearl Harbor, he became the first U.S. Navy flag officer killed in action in World War II as well as the first killed in action against any foreign enemy.  A "Fletcher"-class destroyer , "Kidd" (DD-661) , was commissioned in his honor on April 23, 1943.  The second ship named after him, "Kidd" (DDG-993) , lead ship of four "Kidd"-class destroyer s, was commissioned on March 27, 1981.  An "Arleigh Burke"-class guided missile destroyer, "Kidd" (DDG-100) , was the third ship named after him and was commissioned on June 9, 2007. Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare (March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943) was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first flying ace when he single-handedly attacked a formation of nine heavy bombers approaching his aircraft carrier.  Even though he had a limited amount of ammunition, he managed to shoot down or damage several enemy bombers.  On April 21, 1942, he became the first naval recipient of the Medal of Honor in World War II.
Answer: World War II