B737 departing sfo experienced confusion over assigned SID.

Attributes
ACN	583113
Time
Date	200305
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sfo.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : sfo
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	583113
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

We were certain we were cleared the sfo 8 departure and verified to expect runway 28L for departure. After departing runway 28L tower asked us to verify we were flying the offshore 1. We said we were given the sfo 8. Tower then handed us off to departure with an amended altitude. We then received vectors and never heard anything else from departure. I followed up with a call to sfo tower from seattle. No tapes were reviewed and there was no traffic conflict, but the supervisor mentioned concern over air carrier X only reading back transponder codes when receiving ATC clrncs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 DEPARTING SFO EXPERIENCED CONFUSION OVER ASSIGNED SID.

Narrative: WE WERE CERTAIN WE WERE CLRED THE SFO 8 DEP AND VERIFIED TO EXPECT RWY 28L FOR DEP. AFTER DEPARTING RWY 28L TWR ASKED US TO VERIFY WE WERE FLYING THE OFFSHORE 1. WE SAID WE WERE GIVEN THE SFO 8. TWR THEN HANDED US OFF TO DEP WITH AN AMENDED ALT. WE THEN RECEIVED VECTORS AND NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ELSE FROM DEP. I FOLLOWED UP WITH A CALL TO SFO TWR FROM SEATTLE. NO TAPES WERE REVIEWED AND THERE WAS NO TFC CONFLICT, BUT THE SUPVR MENTIONED CONCERN OVER ACR X ONLY READING BACK XPONDER CODES WHEN RECEIVING ATC CLRNCS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.