After her conversion, "Shōhō" had a length of overall. She had a beam of and a draft of . She displaced at standard load. As part of her conversion, her original diesel engines, which had given her a top speed of , were replaced by a pair of destroyer-type geared steam turbine sets with a total of , each driving one propeller. Steam was provided by four Kampon water-tube boilers and "Shōhō" now had a maximum speed of . The boilers exhausted through a single downturned starboard funnel and she carried of fuel oil, giving her a range of at a speed of . Her crew numbered 785 officers and men.