Anime related (spoilers for Stardust Crusaders): Was the orangutan seriously not a reference to...

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The Ourang Medan?

I searched online and found absolutely nothing to suggest it was. There was a wiki page suggesting the ghost ship (Strength stand) was a reference to the Mary Celeste, but the Ourang Medan is literally a cargo ship and a ghost ship so it seems the obvious choice.

Orangutan and Ourang Medan sound similar enough that it seems completely obvious. How is it that nobody seems to have reached that conclusion?

It might be a bit random to mention this here but there's no comments section on Crunchyroll videos.