What year did the small 4-strokes comes with battery charging capability?

[Swinerton]

Just picked up a beautiful 2003 15HP Mercury 4-stroke. Did these comes with DC output/charging capabilities? I know all of the newer ones do.

 

[Timestep]

Re: What year did the small 4-strokes comes with battery charging capability?

I had an earlier one and it did, but then it was electric start ?

Dave